boat vs Maritime

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Maritime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

Maritime

Hosting for persistent AI agents, each in its own micro-VM.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 3 agents, forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Maritime profile

What is different

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

Field

boat

Maritime

Storage: boat: Free; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Maritime: Up to 500
Isolation: boat: Full VM; Maritime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Maritime: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

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boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

Maritimemaritime.sh/pricingmaritime.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Maritime: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; Maritime: Not listed
Storage: boat: Free; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Maritime: $20 / month
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; Maritime: Not listed

Limits

Max session: boat: No limit; Maritime: Not listed
Idle stop: boat: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Maritime: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation: boat: Full VM; Maritime: Firecracker microVM
GPU: boat: No; Maritime: Not listed
Snapshots: boat:; Maritime: Not listed
Pause and resume: boat:; Maritime:

Developer

SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: boat: MCP, Claude Code; Maritime: Not listed

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

Maritime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boat: $0.009; Maritime: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boat: $0.018; Maritime: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boat: $0.036; Maritime: 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 or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Maritime fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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