microsandbox cloud vs Oblien Workspace

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

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.

microsandbox cloud
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Oblien Workspace:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
microsandbox cloud: No
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

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 $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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