InstaVM vs Oblien Workspace

InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
Not listed

What is different

7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

InstaVM
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
InstaVM: Up to 100
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
InstaVM:
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
InstaVM:
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
InstaVM: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

InstaVM
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
InstaVM: $0.083
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
InstaVM: $0.166
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
InstaVM: $0.331
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

InstaVM fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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