Oblien Workspace vs StateSet Sandbox

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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
No limit

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Max session
Oblien Workspace: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Oblien Workspace: No
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Oblien Workspace:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Oblien Workspace:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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