Oblien Workspace vs Upstash Box

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Oblien Workspace

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

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
Upstash Box: $0.400

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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 use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.

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