Akamai Cloud
vs
Beam
What's good about each
- Wide range of VPS configurations including including GPU instances
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, and Object Storage
- Competitive pricing with generous per-instance egress allowances
- 30+ data center locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America
- Pay-per-millisecond billing, only while code is running
- Sub-second cold starts from memory snapshots
- No egress or bandwidth fees on any plan
- Runs in your own AWS, GCP or Azure account
- Recurring monthly credit on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Beam | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $144.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated 16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | 79% cheaper on Beam |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.00 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while Beam offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Beam | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
9 configs
|
$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
Quadro RTX 6000
4 configs
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
H100
2 configs
|
-- | $1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | Beam only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Beam only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
-- | $4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
-- | $2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Beam only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
-- | $0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | Beam only |
|
A100
1 config
|
-- | $1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | Beam only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | Beam only |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand; Beam bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Akamai Cloud | Beam |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | -- |
| FedRAMP | Yes | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | -- |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase |
| Website | www.akamai.com | www.beam.cloud |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Beam on Oct. 1, 2026.