Beam
vs
Koyeb
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
- Scale-to-zero on GPU and CPU instances
- GPUs from RTX 4000 SFF Ada to 8x H200 and B200
- Serverless Postgres that sleeps when idle
- Free web service and Postgres database for testing
- EU-based, with Paris and Frankfurt regions
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Koyeb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $10.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD (small) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $41.47 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD (eco-xlarge) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $82.94 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD (eco-2xlarge) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $140.20 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Large) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 1 TB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB · US and EU regions, Asia is $0.04 / GB |
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 Koyeb offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Koyeb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Beam |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Beam |
|
H200
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Beam |
|
A100
1 config · 8 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 15% cheaper on Beam |
|
L40S
1 config · 1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 37% cheaper on Beam |
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RTX A6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Beam |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
L4
1 config
|
-- | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
Beam bills on-demand; Koyeb bills on-demand. 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 | Koyeb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | -- | 6 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Kong, eToro, Scenario, Strapi, Neon |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | koyeb.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Koyeb on Oct. 2, 2026.