boat vs Depot Agent Sandboxes

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

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

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running Claude Code sessions.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Depot Agent Sandboxes profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

boat

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation: boat: Full VM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: boat: Free; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: boat: Full VM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
GPU: boat: No; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: boat:; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: boat:; Depot Agent Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: boat: MCP; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

Depot Agent Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boat: $0.009; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boat: $0.018; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boat: $0.036; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boat fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II.

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