Audience

Developers, AI engineers, and teams wanting to deploy, run, manage, and scale AI agents in persistent cloud-based development environments

About boat

boat provides powerful cloud virtual machines and persistent sandboxes built for long-running AI agents, allowing users to spawn thousands of cloud computers with browsers and persistent files without managing the entire infrastructure themselves. Each sandbox is a full Ubuntu Linux virtual machine with SSH and SCP access, Docker support, dedicated IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, a 60 fps virtual desktop, and fast disk-level forking from snapshots. Docker, VS Code, Chrome, Ghostty, GitHub CLI, Rust, Node.js, and Bun come pre-installed, enabling users to run any development tool, language, or workflow. Boat supports agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, with tools to prompt, observe, and control agent environments remotely through its CLI, HTTP API, and Python or TypeScript SDKs. Users can execute commands, copy files, monitor agent messages and tool calls, host applications through public HTTPS URLs, and access integrated desktops and browsers.

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Pricing

Starting Price:
$20 per month
Free Trial:
Free Trial available.

Integrations

API:
Yes, boat offers API access
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Company Information

boat
Founded: 2026
United States
boat.dev/

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
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boat Product Features

Virtual Machine

Virtual Server Not Supported
Virtual Machine Monitoring Not Supported
Virtual Machine Migration Not Supported
VDI Not Supported
Graphical User Interface Not Supported
Backup Management Not Supported
Virtual Machine Encryption Not Supported
Remote Control Not Supported