CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Watasu

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

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.

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Watasu
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Watasu: Retained disks €0.10 per GiB per month while the sandbox is stopped. Checkpoints and templates €0.03 per GiB per month.
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
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
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Watasu fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

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