Sandbox sizes: CPU, memory, disk

boat new --type large

• large needs your first payment. The free trial cannot use it.
• * xlarge needs the $100 plan or higher. You do not need to contact us. Normal compute rates and account limits apply.
• These four sizes are the only sizes. boat has no custom size and no size above xlarge.
• “Disk” is the maximum size of your own files. The operating system and the pre-installed tools are not in it. Run df -h / in a sandbox to see the live figure.
• All sizes are x86_64. No size has a GPU.
• For sandboxes at once and start limits per plan, see Limits and errors.
• The dashboard Sandboxes page shows the size of each sandbox in the Type column. Filter by size with Type. The API returns it as type.

boat new
boat new --type small
boat new --type large

curl -sS -X POST "https://boat.dev/api/v1/sandboxes" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOAT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type":"large","ttlSeconds":3600}'

const created = await sandbox.create({ type: "large", ttlSeconds: 3600 });

from boat_sdk.models.create_sandbox_request import CreateSandboxRequest

created = sandbox.create(create_sandbox_request=CreateSandboxRequest(type="large", ttl_seconds=3600))

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What every sandbox has

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Learn more

Base image and pre-installed tools

Languages, coding agents, Docker and utilities, with their versions.

Change size

Stop the sandbox, then resume it with a bigger or smaller size.

Virtualization

Run KVM, Firecracker or the Android emulator in a sandbox.

Fail fast when no machine is free

Get an answer in about 1.5 seconds when no machine of your size is ready.

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Related

• Desktop streaming
• Public URLs
• SSH access