Sandock vs Watasu

Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site Sandock 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

Sandock

Watasu

Free tier: Sandock: None; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Max session: Sandock: 8 hours; Watasu: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandock: Up to 150; Watasu: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Watasuwatasu.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Storage: Sandock: 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: Sandock: None; Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from: Sandock: $5 / month; Watasu: Not listed
Billing: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session: Sandock: 8 hours; Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop: Sandock: After 30 minutes; Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandock: Up to 150; Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Sandock: Container; Watasu: Not listed
GPU: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu:
Pause and resume: Sandock:; Watasu:

Developer

SDKs: Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript; Watasu: Not listed
Integrations: Sandock: MCP; Watasu: Not listed

Trust

License: Sandock: MIT; Watasu: Not listed
BYOC: Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise; Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sandock

Watasu

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You use MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Watasu fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You want to start without paying.
You need snapshots.

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