Oblien Workspace vs Runloop

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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

Field

Oblien Workspace

Runloop

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Runloop: $50 credit
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Runloop: MicroVM
GPU: Oblien Workspace: No; Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots: Oblien Workspace:; Runloop:
Pause and resume: Oblien Workspace:; Runloop:

Developer

SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
BYOC: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Oblien Workspace

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.046; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.092; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.184; Runloop: $0.634

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Runloop fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 64 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Oblien Workspace

Runloop

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

Oblien Workspace fits when

Runloop fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse