Beam
vs
Civo
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
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Civo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | 81% cheaper on Beam |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | |
| 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 offers 10 GPU models, while Civo offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Civo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 10 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Beam |
|
B300
1 config · 4 configs
|
-- On request | $5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | |
|
B200
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
H200
2 configs · 10 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Beam |
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A100
1 config · 40 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Civo |
|
L40S
1 config · 20 configs
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Beam |
|
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 |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
Beam bills on-demand; Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months). 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.
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 | Beam | Civo |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | UK |
| Locations | -- | 6 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | civo.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Civo on Oct. 1, 2026.