Oblien Workspace vs Sandbox as a Service

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Oblien Workspace: No
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Oblien Workspace:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Oblien Workspace:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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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 need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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