boat vs OpenAI Code Interpreter

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter bills memory only, at $0.09 per GiB-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. OpenAI Code Interpreter runs containers.

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boat

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

OpenAI Code Interpreter

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boat
OpenAI Code Interpreter
RAM, per GiB-hour
boat: Included
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Billing
boat: Bundled machine time
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Isolation
boat: Full VM
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
SDKs
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boat: $0.009
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
boat: Included
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Storage
boat: Free
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Free tier
boat: Free trial with 25 hours
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Paid plan from
boat: $20 / month
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Billing
boat: Bundled machine time
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only

Limits

Max session
boat: No limit
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Idle stop
boat: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Largest sandbox
boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
boat: Up to 2,000
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boat: Full VM
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
GPU
boat: No
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Snapshots
boat:
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Pause and resume
boat:
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Integrations
boat: MCP, Claude Code
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Trust

License
boat: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
BYOC
boat: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boat
OpenAI Code Interpreter
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boat: $0.009
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.180
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boat: $0.018
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.360
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boat: $0.036
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.720

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 want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

OpenAI Code Interpreter fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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