Phonebox vs Watasu

Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

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.

Phonebox
Watasu
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
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
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Phonebox:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

Watasu fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You need snapshots.

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