Northflank Sandboxes vs Watasu

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Northflank Sandboxes

MicroVM sandboxes for running untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Northflank Sandboxes 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

Northflank Sandboxes

Watasu

Storage: Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.; Watasu: Retained disks €0.10 per GiB per month while the sandbox is stopped. Checkpoints and templates €0.03 per GiB per month.
Max session: Northflank Sandboxes: No limit; Watasu: 24 hours
Largest sandbox: Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Northflank Sandboxesnorthflank.com/pricingnorthflank.com

Watasuwatasu.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667; Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833; Watasu: Not listed
Storage: Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.; 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: Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from: Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Watasu: Not listed
Billing: Northflank Sandboxes: Per second; Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session: Northflank Sandboxes: No limit; Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop: Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed; Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM; Watasu: Not listed
GPU: Northflank Sandboxes:; Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots: Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed; Watasu:
Pause and resume: Northflank Sandboxes:; Watasu:

Developer

SDKs: Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Watasu: Not listed
Integrations: Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License: Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
BYOC: Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC; Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Northflank Sandboxes

Watasu

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033; Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067; Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133; Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Watasu fits when

You need snapshots.

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