Oblien Workspace vs Prime Sandboxes

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Prime Sandboxes runs 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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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