Oblien Workspace vs xShellz Agent Shell

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
No limit

xShellz Agent Shell

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Oblien Workspace
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Oblien Workspace: No limit
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Oblien Workspace: No
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Oblien Workspace:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Oblien Workspace:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Oblien Workspace: MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Oblien Workspace
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: $0.184
xShellz Agent Shell: 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 need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You use Claude Code.

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