Oblien Workspace vs Sandock

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandock runs containers 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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
Sandock
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
Oblien Workspace: No
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
Oblien Workspace:
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
Oblien Workspace:
Sandock:

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need snapshots.

Sandock fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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