boat vs OmniRun

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

OmniRun

Sandboxes on Firecracker microVMs, self-hosted or managed.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site OmniRun profile

What is different

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

Field

boat

OmniRun

Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; OmniRun: Up to 3
Isolation: boat: Full VM; OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; OmniRun: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

OmniRunomnirun.io

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session: boat: No limit; OmniRun: Not listed
Idle stop: boat: Not listed; OmniRun: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; OmniRun: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; OmniRun: Up to 3

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

OmniRun

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 pause and resume.

OmniRun fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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