Containarium Cloud vs Watasu

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

Watasu

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

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
Watasu
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Containarium Cloud: 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
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: After 1440 minutes
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Sales-led, on GCP or AWS
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Watasu fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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