Lizard Sandboxes vs Watasu

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

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.

Lizard Sandboxes
Watasu
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
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
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Watasu: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
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
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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