boat vs Tenki Sandbox

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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

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Tenki Sandbox

Disposable Linux VMs for AI agents, driven by SDK or CLI.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Tenki Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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boat

Tenki Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: boat: Free; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: boat: Free; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: boat: No limit; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: boat: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: boat: Full VM; Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU: boat: No; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: boat:; Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume: boat:; Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: boat: MCP; Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

Tenki Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boat: $0.009; Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boat: $0.018; Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boat: $0.036; Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

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boat fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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