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Beam vs Leafcloud

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What's good about...

Beam logo 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

Leafcloud logo Leafcloud

  • 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

How do Beam's prices compare against Leafcloud?

VM Small

Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$8.91 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall)

VM Medium

Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$71.26 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large)

VM Large

Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$142.53 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge)

Block Storage

Beam Beam
$2.10 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included
Leafcloud Leafcloud
$11.62 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$6.97 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$16.75 / mo Load Balancer

Free egress allowance

Beam Beam
Free and unlimited
Leafcloud Leafcloud
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
Fair use, no published rate

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Beam Beam
Leafcloud Leafcloud
H100 $1.83 $4.78 RTX PRO 6000 $1.09 $3.21 A100 $1.36 $1.86

Billing Options

Beam Beam
On-DemandCustom
Leafcloud Leafcloud
On-Demand

Available Models

Beam offers 10 GPU models, while Leafcloud offers 4.

Beam Beam
H100(2) H200(2) RTX PRO 6000(1) A100(1) L40S(1) B200(2) B300(1) RTX A6000(1) RTX 4090(1) RTX 5090(1)
Leafcloud Leafcloud
H100(1) A100(4) RTX PRO 6000(3) A30(4)

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.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Beam and Leafcloud offer:

Service Beam Leafcloud
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Databases
Managed Kubernetes
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Beam Beam
www.beam.cloud
Leafcloud Leafcloud
leaf.cloud
Headquarters
Beam Beam
United States of America US flag
Leafcloud Leafcloud
Netherlands NL flag
Founded
Beam Beam
2021
Leafcloud Leafcloud
2020
Data Center Locations
Beam Beam
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
1
Example Customers
Beam Beam
Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase
Leafcloud Leafcloud
Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team

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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 10, 2026, and for Leafcloud on Sept. 10, 2026.