Islo Sandboxes vs Oblien Workspace

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Starting credit, no card required
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Islo Sandboxes profile

Oblien Workspace

Hosted microVM workspaces for AI agents.

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

Visit site Oblien Workspace profile

What is different

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

Field

Islo Sandboxes

Oblien Workspace

vCPU, per hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.07; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.04; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier: Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required; Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Billing: Islo Sandboxes: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.07; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.04; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier: Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required; Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from: Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing: Islo Sandboxes: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots: Islo Sandboxes:; Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume: Islo Sandboxes:; Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs: Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC: Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Sandboxes

Oblien Workspace

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.150; Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.300; Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.600; Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Oblien Workspace fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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