HopX vs Watasu

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $200 credit
Max session: No limit

Visit site HopX 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

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

Field

HopX

Watasu

Storage: HopX: $0.000108 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: HopX: $200 credit; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Max session: HopX: No limit; Watasu: 24 hours

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Watasuwatasu.io/pricing

Pricing

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

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; Watasu: Not listed
GPU: HopX: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots: HopX:; Watasu:
Pause and resume: HopX:; Watasu:

Developer

SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; Watasu: Not listed
Integrations: HopX: MCP; Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License: HopX: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
BYOC: HopX: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

HopX

Watasu

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You use MCP.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

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