boat vs Deno Sandbox

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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boat

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

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

boat
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
boat: $0.009
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
boat: Included
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
boat: Free
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Billing
boat: Bundled machine time
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
boat: No limit
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boat: Up to 2,000
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
boat: Full VM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boat: $0.009
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
boat: Included
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
boat: Free
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
boat: $20 / month
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
boat: Bundled machine time
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
boat: No limit
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
boat: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boat: Up to 2,000
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
boat: Full VM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
boat: No
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
boat:
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
boat:
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
boat: MCP
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
boat: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
boat: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boat
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boat: $0.009
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boat: $0.018
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boat: $0.036
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boat fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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