Oblien Workspace vs PandaStack Sandbox

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Oblien Workspace

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

PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 64 GiB.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need GDPR.

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