Oblien Workspace vs Runta

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Runta 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

Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runta profile

What is different

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

Field

Oblien Workspace

Runta

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Runta: $50 free credit
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Runta: Per second
Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Runta: Full VM
SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

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Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Runtarunta.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
BYOC: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Oblien Workspace

Runta

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.046; Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.092; Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.184; Runta: $0.331

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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 want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Runta fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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