Beam
vs
Leaseweb
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
- 20+ data centers across four continents
- 30 TB outgoing traffic included on every VPS
- DDoS protection and 10 Gbps uplink standard on VPS
- S3-compatible object storage in 6 regions
- 99.99% SLA on GPU cloud, high durability on object storage
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $4.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (VPS 1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $9.19 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe (VPS 2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $14.30 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe (VPS 3) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $8.81 /mo 100 GB Network SSD, up to 5K IOPS | 76% cheaper on Beam |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.68 /mo 1 TB stored | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | VPS includes 30 TB per instance. Incoming is free. 1 TB free pooled traffic per month | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $2.50 /TB 1 TB outgoing beyond free allowance · Drops to €1.00/TB at 100 TB. |
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 Leaseweb offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 7 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 5 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
H200
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.23 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
L40S
1 config · 6 configs
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.74 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
L4
20 configs
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
T4
11 configs
|
-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
A30
3 configs
|
-- | $0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
Beam bills on-demand; Leaseweb bills on-demand and reserved (1 months). 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.
| Framework | Beam | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Leaseweb Canada colocation only |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Leaseweb USA only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Physical security only |
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 | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Adjust, Crytek, Rijksmuseum, XDA Developers, Remerge, Jodel, International Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | www.leaseweb.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Leaseweb on Oct. 1, 2026.