What's good about...
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
GPU.ai
- Per-second billing with no minimum commitment
- Aggregates capacity across 14+ upstream providers on three continents
- Public pricing API exposing live per-region availability counts
- No egress or networking fees
Price comparison
How do Beam's prices compare against GPU.ai?
Block Storage
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Free egress allowance
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GPU.ai Pricing Details
Billed per second, from the moment an instance reaches SSH-ready until it is stopped, with no minimums and no idle reservation fees. On-demand rates vary by region and upstream provider, and the platform routes each launch to the cheapest one with stock. Reserved capacity is quote-only and arranged with sales.
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Billing Options
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Available Models
Beam offers 10 GPU models, while GPU.ai offers 22.
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 GPU.ai offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.beam.cloud | gpu.ai |
| Headquarters |
United States of America 
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United Arab Emirates 
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| Founded | 2021 | -- |
| Data Center Locations | -- | -- |
| Example Customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | -- |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 10, 2026, and for GPU.ai on Sept. 10, 2026.