Oblien Workspace vs Shardflux

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 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

Shardflux

Serverless VMs for cloud agents that park when idle and keep their state.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Shardflux profile

What is different

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

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Oblien Workspace

Shardflux

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Shardflux: $9 / month
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
GPU: Oblien Workspace: No; Shardflux:
SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Shardfluxshardflux.dev/#pricingshardflux.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.03; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Oblien Workspace: $0.008; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go; Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing: Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only; Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB; Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Oblien Workspace: Not listed; Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Oblien Workspace: MCP; Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Oblien Workspace

Shardflux

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.046; Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.092; Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Oblien Workspace: $0.184; Shardflux: $0.280

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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 the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need GDPR.

Shardflux fits when

You need GPUs.
You use Claude Code.
You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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