# Coasty

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Coasty and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for AI agents that control a computer in isolated cloud VMs, with a high OSWorld score and low cost. One critic called a claim false.

## Why people recommend it

- Isolated cloud VMs for agents (3 comments): "sandboxed cloud VMs purpose-built for AI agents. Isolated, fast (ready in under 2 minutes), and 70% cheaper than the alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292563)) "The missing layer is infrastructure-level isolation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161210)) "isolated cloud VMs purpose built for AI agents" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47085342))
- Cheaper than human staff (2 comments): "sandboxed cloud VMs purpose-built for AI agents. Isolated, fast (ready in under 2 minutes), and 70% cheaper than the alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292563)) "The economics are wild: $19-$100/month vs $4,000-$6,000/month for a human employee." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47232470))
- Strong benchmark and grounding model (2 comments): "We've hit 82.8% on OSWorld Verfied(on the official page) and with our latest internal testing we're hitting 85.6%" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937410)) "We undoubtedly have the best grounding model and framework / harness to get medium - long horizon tasks done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47228266))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Cowork](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-cowork.md): 163 recommend
- [Codex Computer Use](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codex-computer-use.md): 8 recommend
- [Understudy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/understudy.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://coasty.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Coasty", https://hackerapproved.com/p/coasty/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).