Oblien Workspace vs Railway Sandboxes

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 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

Railway Sandboxes

Isolated Linux VMs you create on demand and destroy.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Railway Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Oblien Workspace

Railway Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Railway Sandboxesrailway.com/pricingrailway.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: Oblien Workspace: No; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Oblien Workspace:; Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Oblien Workspace:; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Oblien Workspace

Railway Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.046; Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.092; Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.184; Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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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 each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

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