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Beam vs Elastx

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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

Elastx logo Elastx

  • All infrastructure in Sweden with three availability zones for local disaster recovery
  • ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
  • 24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
  • OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
  • Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

Price comparison

How do Beam's prices compare against Elastx?

VM Small

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$27.17 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk

VM Medium

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$131.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk

VM Large

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$263.03 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk

Block Storage

Beam Beam
$2.10 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included
Elastx Elastx
$29.46 / mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)

Object Storage

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$57.05 / mo 1 TB stored

Load Balancer

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$40.14 / mo v1-lb-1

Managed PostgreSQL

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$190.12 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk

Managed Redis®*

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$190.12 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)

Free egress allowance

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

Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
$51.86 1 TB external traffic

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Beam Beam
Elastx Elastx
RTX PRO 6000 $1.09 $2.92 A100 $1.36 $3.81 L40S $0.76 $2.32

Billing Options

Beam Beam
On-DemandCustom
Elastx Elastx
On-Demand

Available Models

Beam offers 10 GPU models, while Elastx offers 4.

Beam Beam
H100(2) H200(2) RTX PRO 6000(1) A100(1) L40S(1) B200(2) B300(1) RTX A6000(1) RTX 5090(1) RTX 4090(1)
Elastx Elastx
RTX PRO 6000(1) A100(2) L40S(1) L4(1)

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.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Beam and Elastx offer:

Service Beam Elastx
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
Elastx Elastx
elastx.se
Headquarters
Beam Beam
United States of America US flag
Elastx Elastx
Sweden SE flag
Founded
Beam Beam
2021
Elastx Elastx
2012
Data Center Locations
Beam Beam
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Elastx Elastx
3
Example Customers
Beam Beam
Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase
Elastx Elastx
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Elastx on Aug. 31, 2026.