Celesto Cloud vs Watasu

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Watasu

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

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Watasu
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
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
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
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
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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