# boat

> boat.dev | Compute; 1 record: free tier, limits, identity cost and evidence.

HTML https://fshy.ajam.dev/p/boat/ | JSON https://fshy.ajam.dev/api/v1/entity/boat.json | how to read a record: https://fshy.ajam.dev/llms-full.txt

## boat

- `compute/boat` | paid-only | evidence documented | binding volume-quota | category container and VM sandbox | tier USD 20 plan
- needs card yes, phone no, ID no, institution no | verified 2026-10-24T01:52:56.000Z (live) | stale on 2026-11-24
- url https://docs.boat.dev/pricing
- price parsed USD 26.28/mo
- free tier: No signup credit. 'Your first plan starts with a 7-day free trial. A card is required. The trial has its own lower limits.' A plan is prepaid time: 'boat grants the included time each month. It expires at the end of the month.' | unit: none | metered on: none | read on: 2026-10-24 | source: [1] | note: A plan credit, not a grant: USD 20 buys 555 hours of the default size and the balance lapses monthly.
- per-object cap: Sizes: 'small 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 12 GB' at USD 0.018 an hour, 'default 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 50 GB' at USD 0.036, 'large 8 vCPU / 16 GB / 125 GB' at USD 0.072, 'xlarge 16 vCPU / 32 GB / 251 GB' at USD 0.200, the last needing the USD 100 plan. | source: [1] | note: Every size is a full Linux virtual machine with a public IPv6 address and public URLs for its ports.
- retention: A stopped sandbox keeps its disk for 14 days, then 'boat deletes the data, and the sandbox cannot resume'. Saved snapshots have no auto-deletion date. | days: 14 | source: [1]
- egress: 'Network traffic. boat does not bill egress.' | metered: no | free allowance: unmetered | source: [1]
- identity: card | detail: 'A card is required' for the first plan, including the 7-day trial. No hold amount is stated anywhere on the pricing page.
- interface: rest, cli
- limits:
  - volume-quota (binding): USD 20 plan = USD 20 of time = 555 h of the 4 vCPU default [1]
  - retention-clamped: a stopped sandbox keeps its disk 14 days, then the data is deleted [1]
  - volume-quota (binding): 7-day free trial, card required [1]
- limits note: Included plan time expires at the end of the month; credit packs cost USD 20 and never expire, which is the only way to bank time.
- binding note: The prepaid balance is what ends the month: 555 hours of the default size against the 730 a month needs.
- interface detail: HTTP API at https://boat.dev/api/v1 plus a CLI; hostPort exposes a port on a public URL
- tooling: boat CLI, Python SDK, REST; GET /limits reports the balance in seconds of default time
- composes with: the only cheap sandbox here that publishes a public URL per port and an IPv6 address per sandbox
- reliability: A stopped box loses its disk after 14 days, which is shorter than most providers here and is stated in a warning block rather than a footnote.
- notes: USD 0.036 x 730 = USD 26.28 for a 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 50 GB VM for a month, with no egress bill and a public IPv6 address; boat's own arithmetic gives the same figure. It is the cheapest full-VM month among the providers compared after Zipbox's USD 20, and it is a real VM, but every path to it starts with a card.
- evidence note: Sizes, rates, the expiring plan time, the 14-day disk deletion and the card requirement are all on the docs pricing page read. The trial's own limits are on a separate page not read.
- extras:
  - shape.vcpu: 4
  - shape.ram_gib: 8
  - shape.disk_gib: 50
  - billing_model: per-second against prepaid plan time
  - granularity.min_billed_s: 1
  - granularity.rounding_s: 1
  - session_cap.restart_required: no
  - session_cap.note: no wall-clock cap published for a paid plan
  - keep_rate.value: 0.0
  - keep_rate.basis: a stopped sandbox costs no machine time, quoted
  - keep_rate.source: https://docs.boat.dev/pricing
  - persistent_storage.included_gib: 50
  - persistent_storage.price_gib_month: included
  - persistent_storage.durability: 14 days after stop
  - persistent_storage.survives_stop: yes
  - persistent_storage.survives_destroy: no
  - persistent_storage.max_retention: 14 days
  - network_out.allow_outbound: yes
  - network_out.allow_inbound_listen: yes
  - network_out.ports: public URLs per port
  - network_out.static_ip: no
  - network_out.ipv6: yes
  - free_tier_kind: plan-credit
  - m10h_usd: 10.8
  - m24h_usd: 26.28
  - price_arithmetic: 0.036/h x 730 = 26.28; 20 plan / 0.036 = 555 h
  - price_note: priced on `small` (2 vCPU / 4 GB / 12 GB) so the row is comparable with the others. The USD 20 plan is a floor: a light month still bills USD 20.
  - price_basis: 10 h/day x 30 = 300 h; 24/7 x 30 = 730 h
  - burst_x: 1.0
  - term: monthly prepaid
  - credit_usd: 0
  - credit_hours_at_shape: 555
  - credit_expiry: plan time expires at the end of the month; USD 20 credit packs never expire
- evidence:
  - [1] 2026-10-22: small USD 0.018 (2 vCPU/4 GB/12 GB), default USD 0.036 (4/8/50), large USD 0.072 (8/16/125), xlarge USD 0.200 (16/32/251)
  - [1] 2026-10-22: a stopped sandbox keeps its disk for 14 days; then boat deletes the data and it cannot resume
  - [1] 2026-10-22: boat does not bill egress; every sandbox gets a public IPv6 address and outbound IPv4
  - [2] 2026-10-22: hostPort publishes a port on a stable HTTPS subdomain plus a token, and can open a raw TCP or UDP port
  - [1] 2026-10-22: 'Your first plan starts with a 7-day free trial. A card is required. The trial has its own lower limits.', quoted
  - [3] 2026-10-22: '25 free hours to start', which contradicts the docs' 7-day trial; the /free-trial link the docs point to returns 404
  - [4] 2026-10-22: 'Billed per second, free when stopped. 7-day free trial, then from $20/mo', quoted
  - [1] 2026-10-24: quoted: 'small ... $0.018 ... 2 vCPU 4 GB 12 GB', 'default ... $0.036 ... 4 vCPU 8 GB 50 GB', 'One `default` sandbox that runs a full month (730 h) costs $26.'; 'Your first plan starts with a 7-day free trial. A card is required.'; 'boat grants the included time each month. It expires at the end of the month.'; 'A stopped sandbox keeps its disk for 14 days.'; 'Network traffic. boat does not bill egress.'
  - [1] 2026-10-24: quoted comparison table pricing the same machine elsewhere: 'Daytona $0.331' and 'E2B $0.331' for the 4 vCPU / 8 GB class, against boat's '$0.036'.
- sources:
  - [1] https://docs.boat.dev/pricing
  - [2] https://docs.boat.dev/hosting
  - [3] https://boat.dev/compare
  - [4] https://boat.dev/