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Beam vs Civo

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What's good about...

Beam logo Beam

  • 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

Civo logo Civo

  • Kubernetes clusters deploy in under 90 seconds
  • Simple CLI and API with straightforward tooling
  • Transparent, predictable pricing with no hidden fees
  • GPU infrastructure including NVIDIA B200 for AI training and inference
  • UK-headquartered with data residency options
  • LLM inference with pay-per-token access to open-source models (GPT-OSS-120b, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi-K25) with up to 500k context windows

Price comparison

How do Beam's prices compare against Civo?

VM Small

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$86.91 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Beam Beam
$2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included
Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer

Load Balancer

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$10.86 /mo Single node

Managed PostgreSQL

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM

Managed Redis®*

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
$20.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Beam Beam
Free and unlimited
Civo Civo
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Beam Beam
Civo Civo
H100 $1.83 $2.99 H200 $2.09 $3.49 A100 $1.36 $1.09 L40S $0.76 $1.29

Billing Options

Beam Beam
On-DemandCustom
Civo Civo
On-DemandReserved (6mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

Beam offers 10 GPU models, while Civo offers 6.

Beam Beam
H100(2) H200(2) A100(1) RTX PRO 6000(1) B200(2) L40S(1) B300(1) RTX A6000(1) RTX 5090(1) RTX 4090(1)
Civo Civo
H100(10) H200(10) A100(40) B200(3) L40S(20) B300(4)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Beam and Civo offer:

Service Beam Civo
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Beam Beam
www.beam.cloud
Civo Civo
civo.com
Headquarters
Beam Beam
United States of America US flag
Civo Civo
United Kingdom GB flag
Founded
Beam Beam
2021
Civo Civo
2015
Data Center Locations
Beam Beam
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Civo Civo
5
Example Customers
Beam Beam
Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase
Civo Civo
Oxford University, Orbital Materials, TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™

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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Civo on Sept. 11, 2026.