Oblien Workspace vs Sailboxes

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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

Sailboxes

Persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Sailboxes profile

What is different

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

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Oblien Workspace

Sailboxes

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Sailboxes: $0.015
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Sailboxes: Per second
Isolation: Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM; Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Sailboxesdocs.sailresearch.com/sailboxes-pricingdocs.sailresearch.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Oblien Workspace

Sailboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.046; Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.092; Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.184; Sailboxes: $0.124

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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 need a desktop in the sandbox.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Sailboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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