Namespace Devboxes vs Watasu

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed

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.

Namespace Devboxes
Watasu
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
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
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
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
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Watasu fits when

  • You need snapshots.

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