Solari vs Watasu

Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Watasu limits a session to 24 hours.

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Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

Watasu

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

What is different

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

Solari
Watasu
Storage
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
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
Solari: $3 credit every month
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Largest sandbox
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Solari: Up to 10
Watasu: Up to 100
SDKs
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Watasu: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Solari: $0.0525
Watasu: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Solari: $0.0165
Watasu: Not listed
Storage
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
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
Solari: $3 credit every month
Watasu: Free Basic plan
Paid plan from
Solari: $20 / month
Watasu: Not listed
Billing
Solari: Per second
Watasu: Per second

Limits

Max session
Solari: 24 hours
Watasu: 24 hours
Idle stop
Solari: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Watasu: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Solari: Up to 10
Watasu: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Watasu: Not listed
GPU
Solari: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
Snapshots
Solari:
Watasu:
Pause and resume
Solari:
Watasu:

Developer

SDKs
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Watasu: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Solari: MCP, Claude Code
Watasu: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Solari: Not listed
Watasu: Not listed
BYOC
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC
Watasu: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Solari
Watasu
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Solari: $0.086
Watasu: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Solari: $0.171
Watasu: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Solari: $0.342
Watasu: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Solari fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need HIPAA.

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