What Tablif read on Dock's site
Dock describes itself as: “Dock Isolated Linux machines for AI agents, on your own hardware”
- Price model: free tier
- Free tier: Free forever
- Stage: Coming soon
- How it differs: “Most sandboxes throw that world away when the job ends, so every team rebuilds it on every run. A dock keeps its disk.”
What it is
Calls itself “Linux VM”.
- Calls itself: Linux VM
“Dock gives each AI agent its own Linux VM with a persistent disk.”
Where it puts itself
Rules out “agent”, “model” and “throwaway code runner”. Publishes a comparison page.
- Says it will not: agent · model · throwaway code runner
“Most sandboxes throw that world away when the job ends, so every team rebuilds it on every run. A dock keeps its disk.”
“Not a model. Not an agent. Not another throwaway code runner.”
What it costs
A free tier, free forever. Sales on request.
- Free plan: free forever
- Contact sales: yes
“Self-hosting is free, AGPL-3.0, with every feature.”
“Every dock is the same product Plans only change limits (concurrent docks, maximum size per dock) and support. They never change the price per unit.”
“Join the Dock Cloud waitlist”
Who it sells to
Sells to developers.
- Sells to: developers
“CLI plus TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs.”
How it runs
A command-line tool for Linux and Windows. Runs locally and works offline. Can be self-hosted. Hosted in the cloud. Offers an API. Open source. AI is a side feature. You can bring your own API key.
- Kind: cli
- Runs on: Linux · Windows
- Runs where: cloud / hosted · on the device, offline · self-hosted
- API: yes
- Open source: yes
- AI role: a side feature
- Bring your own key: yes
“CLI plus TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs.”
“QEMU on Linux or Windows”
What it works with
Names E2B, Firecracker and 4 more on its pages.
- Names: E2B · Firecracker · Modal · +3
“Dock gives each AI agent its own Linux VM with a persistent disk.”
“Comparing products? Read Dock against E2B, Modal, Vercel Sandbox and more”
What it offers as proof
Coming soon. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs and a blog.
- Stage: coming soon
- Instant signup: yes
- Trial asks for: nothing
“Dock Cloud is coming soon.”
“Join the Dock Cloud waitlist”
Sources
Tablif read these pages, last on 27 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.
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