inis.run vs Watasu

inis.run runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
24 hours

Watasu

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

What is different

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

inis.run
Watasu
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions and persistent volumes cost about €0.07 per GB per month. Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute.
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
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions and persistent volumes cost about €0.07 per GB per month. Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute.
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
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
inis.run: 24 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
inis.run: No
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
inis.run:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
inis.run:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
inis.run: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
inis.run: In your own cloud account, from €30,000/year
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Watasu fits when

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

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