boat vs Sandock

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

Field

boat

Sandock

Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Max session: boat: No limit; Sandock: 24 hours
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation: boat: Full VM; Sandock: Container
SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: boat: MCP, Claude Code; Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: boat: Free; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: boat: No limit; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: boat: Not listed; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: boat: Full VM; Sandock: Container
GPU: boat: No; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: boat:; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: boat:; Sandock:

Developer

SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: boat: MCP, Claude Code; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

Sandock

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boat fits when

A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You want to start without paying.

Sandock fits when

You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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