Apify AI Code Sandbox vs boat

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$5 of usage every month
Max session
No limit

boat

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day free trial with 25 hours of compute
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
boat
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
boat: Included
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
boat: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
boat: 7-day free trial with 25 hours of compute
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
boat: $20 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
boat: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
boat: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
boat: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
boat: Included
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
boat: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
boat: 7-day free trial with 25 hours of compute
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
boat: $20 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
boat: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
boat: No limit
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
boat: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
boat: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
boat: Full VM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
boat: No
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
boat:
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
boat: No

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
boat: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
boat: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
boat: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
boat
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
boat: $0.009
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
boat: $0.018
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
boat: $0.036

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

boat fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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