Lizard Sandboxes vs Oblien Workspace

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

Oblien Workspace

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

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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