Beam
vs
Cirrascale
What's good about each
- 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
- Multiple GPU types (NVIDIA, AMD, Cerebras, Qualcomm, SambaNova)
- Reservation pricing with 1 to 12-month terms
- High-speed networking (up to 3200Gb per server)
- Offers object storage and managed inference
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Cirrascale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $20.00 /mo 100 GB (NVMe storage) | 9.5x more expensive on Cirrascale |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 1 TB, zero bandwidth fees | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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
Beam and Cirrascale each offer 10 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Cirrascale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.47 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 47% cheaper on Beam |
|
B200
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 15% cheaper on Beam |
|
H200
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.68 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 43% cheaper on Beam |
|
A100
1 config · 12 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.33 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 42% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX A6000
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 41% cheaper on Beam |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $3.12 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Cirrascale only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Cirrascale only |
Beam bills on-demand; Cirrascale bills reserved (1, 3, 6 or 12 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Beam | Cirrascale |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
| Serverless Functions |
Company details
| Fact | Beam | Cirrascale |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 12 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | -- |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | www.cirrascale.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Cirrascale on Sept. 11, 2026.