Beam
vs
Leafcloud
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
- Netherlands data residency, GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II certified
- OpenStack-based, reduced vendor lock-in
- Free ingress and a monthly egress allowance
- Server heat reused to warm homes and care facilities
- NVIDIA A30, A100, H100, and RTX 6000 Blackwell GPUs, VM included
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | 82% cheaper on Beam |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | -- Fair use, no published rate |
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 Leafcloud offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 3 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Beam |
|
A100
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on Beam |
|
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 |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /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 |
|
A30
4 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
Beam bills on-demand; Leafcloud 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 | Leafcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | leaf.cloud |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Leafcloud on Sept. 30, 2026.