BoxCompute vs Watasu

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and has no session limit. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
No limit

Watasu

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Watasu
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
Watasu: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Watasu: Retained disks €0.10 per GiB per month while the sandbox is stopped. Checkpoints and templates €0.03 per GiB per month.
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Watasu:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Watasu fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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