Freestyle VMs vs Watasu

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Freestyle VMs

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
Not listed

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.

Freestyle VMs
Watasu
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 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
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 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
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Freestyle VMs:
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Freestyle VMs:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Freestyle VMs:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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