CreateOS Sandbox vs Watasu

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Watasu
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 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
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Watasu: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 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
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox 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.

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