Cloudflare Sandbox vs Watasu

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

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.

Cloudflare Sandbox
Watasu
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
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
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
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
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Watasu: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Watasu fits when

  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.

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