boat vs Sendblue Sandboxes

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 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

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Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolated cloud Linux machines that AI agents control over an HTTP API.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Sendblue Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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boat

Sendblue Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
Isolation: boat: Full VM; Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume: boat:; Sendblue Sandboxes: No

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage: boat: Free; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: boat: No limit; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: boat: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

Sendblue Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boat: $0.009; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boat: $0.018; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boat: $0.036; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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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 $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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