Oblien Workspace vs Perplexity Sandbox

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

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

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolated Linux containers that run Python and bash code inside a Perplexity Agent API request.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Perplexity Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Oblien Workspace

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Perplexity Sandboxdocs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricingdocs.perplexity.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Oblien Workspace: No; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Oblien Workspace:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Oblien Workspace:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Oblien Workspace

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.046; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.092; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.184; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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