Railway Sandboxes vs Watasu

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Railway Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Watasu

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
24 hours

What is different

3 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Railway Sandboxes
Watasu
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: 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
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Railway Sandboxes:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Watasu fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

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