Daytona vs Watasu

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $200 free compute
Max session: No limit

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Watasu

Isolated Linux sandboxes for AI agents, hosted in the EU.

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

Visit site Watasu profile

What is different

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

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Daytona

Watasu

Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; 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: Daytona: $200 free compute; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Max session: Daytona: No limit; Watasu: 24 hours
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Watasuwatasu.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Watasu: Not listed
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; 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: Daytona: $200 free compute; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Watasu: Not listed
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session: Daytona: No limit; Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Daytona: Not listed; Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Daytona: Container; Watasu: Not listed
GPU: Daytona:; Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots: Daytona:; Watasu:
Pause and resume: Daytona:; Watasu:

Developer

SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Watasu: Not listed
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License: Daytona: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
BYOC: Daytona: Enterprise plan; Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Daytona

Watasu

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Daytona: $0.083; Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Daytona: $0.166; Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Daytona: $0.331; Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Watasu fits when

You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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