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Beam vs Contabo

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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

Contabo logo Contabo

  • Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
  • Offers GPUs and object storage too
  • Available in 9 regions around the world

Price comparison

How do Beam's prices compare against Contabo?

VM Small

Beam Beam
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Contabo Contabo
$6.38 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4)

VM Medium

Beam Beam
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Contabo Contabo
$8.69 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6)

VM Large

Beam Beam
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Contabo Contabo
$16.23 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8)

Block Storage

Beam Beam
$2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included
Contabo Contabo
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Object Storage

Beam Beam
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Contabo Contabo
$11.55 /mo 1 TB

Free egress allowance

Beam Beam
Free and unlimited
Contabo Contabo
Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Beam Beam
On-DemandCustom
Contabo Contabo
Reserved (1mo)

Available Models

Beam offers 10 GPU models, while Contabo offers 4.

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)
Contabo Contabo
H200(3) RTX PRO 6000(2) L40S(2) RTX PRO 5000(2)

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 Contabo offer:

Service Beam Contabo
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Beam Beam
www.beam.cloud
Contabo Contabo
contabo.com
Headquarters
Beam Beam
United States of America US flag
Contabo Contabo
Germany DE flag
Founded
Beam Beam
2021
Contabo Contabo
2003
Data Center Locations
Beam Beam
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Contabo Contabo
9
Example Customers
Beam Beam
Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase
Contabo Contabo
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Contabo on Aug. 31, 2026.