Oblien Workspace vs Runtime

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Runtime costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
No limit

Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
Runtime
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Runtime: $0.0075
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Runtime: $0.0075
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: No limit
Runtime: No limit
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Runtime: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Runtime: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Oblien Workspace: No
Runtime: No
Snapshots
Oblien Workspace:
Runtime:
Pause and resume
Oblien Workspace:
Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
Runtime: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
Runtime: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
Runtime: $0.160

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You need GDPR.

Runtime fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.080 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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