Hatmac VS MacDuty

Hatmac's answer

Customers can use cloud-hosted Mac mini and Mac Studio machines powered by Apple silicon rather than relying solely on virtualized development environments.

MacDuty's answer:

Every machine is bare metal and belongs to one customer. There is no virtualisation layer and no shared hardware, so what you rent is a whole Mac mini, with your own Apple account on it. The fleet covers every Apple silicon generation from the M1 to the 2026 M6 and M5 Pro, and billing goes by the day, the month or the year with no setup fee. Prices exclude VAT.

Hatmac's answer

Flexible Mac configurations: Choose from a range of Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations to suit different workloads, with higher memory and storage options available upon request.

Flexible IP options: Static and residential IP addresses are available upon request, subject to availability and confirmation by Hatmac.

MacDuty's answer:

Three reasons. The hardware is current: the M6 and the M5 Pro are in the catalogue, not only older generations. The machine is yours alone, not a virtual machine carved out of a bigger host, and you keep full administrative access, your own Apple account and your own backups. And the rack is in Romania, inside the EU, operated by a company registered here, so the data stays under EU jurisdiction and a DPA is available on request.

Hatmac's answer

Individuals and teams who need real Mac hardware for Xcode, app development, testing, code signing, and App Store submissions.

MacDuty's answer:

iOS and macOS developers, small development teams, CI and DevOps engineers, agencies building Apple platform software, and teams running AI agents on Apple silicon. A large share are people working on Windows or Linux who still have to build and ship to the App Store.

Hatmac's answer

Hatmac started with just one Mac and a simple vision: to make powerful Apple hardware accessible to everyone, anywhere in the world.

What began as a small operation gradually grew through dedication, customer trust, and a commitment to providing reliable cloud Mac solutions. As demand for remote Mac access increased, we continued expanding our infrastructure, investing in more hardware, and improving our services to support developers, businesses, and AI enthusiasts.

From our very first unit, we have grown to host more than 300 Mac units, offering a wider range of Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations to meet different computing needs. Along the way, we have continued to expand our capabilities, including flexible memory and storage options, as well as static and residential IP options upon request.

Our journey has been driven by a straightforward belief: accessing a Mac should not require everyone to purchase, maintain, and manage their own physical hardware. By providing dedicated Macs through the cloud, we aim to make Apple computing more accessible, flexible, and convenient.

Today, Hatmac continues to grow with the same spirit we started with—from one Mac to more than 300 hosted units, and with a vision to keep building better cloud Mac solutions for customers around the world.

From one Mac to hundreds, our journey is just getting started.

MacDuty's answer:

MacDuty is run by AITEST S.R.L. in Romania, by the engineers who rack the machines and answer the tickets. The idea is narrow on purpose: Mac minis in a rack in the EU, one customer per machine, no attempt to be a general cloud.

Hatmac's answer

Mac mini and Mac Studio systems provide the underlying computing infrastructure.

MacDuty's answer:

The product is the hardware: Apple silicon Mac mini computers running macOS, racked and networked, with public IPv4 and IPv6. Around them sits a client area built with Next.js, from which customers restart a machine, reset its password, manage SSH keys and reinstall macOS, plus a public catalogue API that publishes the configurations and their prices.

Hatmac's answer

Individuals and teams who require remote access to macOS from other operating systems.