Blaxel vs boat

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel profile

boat

Persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and a desktop.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free trial with 25 hours
Max session: No limit

Visit site boat profile

What is different

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

Field

Blaxel

boat

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; boat: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; boat: Free
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; boat: $20 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; boat: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; boat: Full VM
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; boat: MCP

Full comparison

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Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; boat: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; boat: Free
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; boat: $20 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; boat: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; boat: No limit
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; boat: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; boat: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; boat: Full VM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; boat: No
Snapshots: Blaxel:; boat:
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; boat:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; boat: MCP

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; boat: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; boat: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

boat

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; boat: $0.009
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; boat: $0.018
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; boat: $0.036

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

boat fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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