microsandbox cloud vs Watasu

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
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.

microsandbox cloud
Watasu
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 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
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Watasu: Up to 100
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Watasu:

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 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
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Watasu: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Watasu fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

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