Oblien Workspace vs Tenki Sandbox

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Oblien Workspace

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

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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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 the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 64 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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