E2B vs Watasu

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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E2B

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

Watasu

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

What is different

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

E2B
Watasu
Storage
E2B: Free
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
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Watasu: Free Basic plan

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
E2B: Free
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
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
E2B: Per second
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
E2B: No
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Watasu: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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