Beam
vs
Hot Aisle
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
- Single-GPU MI300X VMs, billed per minute
- Full 8x MI300X bare metal with root access
- 3.2 Tb/s RoCEv2 networking on bare metal nodes
- Datacenter powered by 100% renewable energy
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Hot Aisle | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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 Hot Aisle offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Hot Aisle | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
MI300X
7 configs
|
-- | $3.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Hot Aisle only |
Beam bills on-demand; Hot Aisle bills on-demand and reserved (1 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Beam | Hot Aisle |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
| Serverless Functions |
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 | Hot Aisle |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | -- |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | hotaisle.xyz |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Hot Aisle on Oct. 2, 2026.