What's good about...
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
Lium
- Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
- Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
- Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
- CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents
Price comparison
How do Beam's prices compare against Lium?
Block Storage
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Free egress allowance
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Lium Pricing Details
Lium bills per minute with no hourly minimum, against a prepaid balance.
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Billing Options
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Available Models
Beam and Lium each offer 10 GPU models.
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.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Beam and Lium offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.beam.cloud | lium.io |
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| Founded | 2021 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 14 |
| Example Customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | -- |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 8, 2026, and for Lium on Sept. 8, 2026.