exe.dev vs Watasu

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev profile

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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exe.dev

Watasu

Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; 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: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

exe.devexe.dev/pricing

Watasuwatasu.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; Watasu: Not listed
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; 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: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; Watasu: Not listed
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Watasu: Not listed
GPU: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu:
Pause and resume: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu:

Developer

SDKs: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License: exe.dev: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
BYOC: exe.dev: Enterprise plan; Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

exe.dev

Watasu

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: exe.dev: $0.053; Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: exe.dev: $0.105; Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: exe.dev: $0.210; Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

You use Claude Code or MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
You need HIPAA.

Watasu fits when

You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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