Sandbox as a Service vs Watasu

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 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.

Sandbox as a Service
Watasu
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: 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
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox as a Service:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Watasu: Not listed
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Watasu fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

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