Beam
vs
Lade
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
- Simple deployment process with support for multiple programming languages
- High-availability infrastructure with automatic failover
- Managed databases with automated daily backups
- Real-time log collection and monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Lade | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $80.00 /mo 2 CPU, 8 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $9.60 /mo 64 GB | 78% cheaper on Beam |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 32 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 1 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / 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. We track no GPU listings from Lade. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Lade | 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 |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
Beam 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 | Lade |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 9 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | -- |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | lade.io |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Lade on Sept. 18, 2026.