Beam vs Lyceum

What's good about each

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

Lyceum

Data center cards from L40S to Blackwell B300, 1 to 8 per VM
EU datacenters in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands
Per-second billing on compute, per-token on inference
OpenAI-compatible API that plugs into coding agents

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Beam	Lyceum	Difference
Block storage	$2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included	$10.00 /mo 100 GB	79% cheaper on Beam
Egress allowance	Free and unlimited	-- Not listed
Egress	-- Not listed	Free and unlimited

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 Lyceum offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Beam	Lyceum	Difference
H100 2 configs · 9 configs	$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand	$2.79 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	34% cheaper on Beam
B300 1 config · 9 configs	-- On request	$2.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out
B200 2 configs · 9 configs	$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand	$6.49 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	37% cheaper on Beam
RTX PRO 6000 1 config · 8 configs	$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand	$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand	45% cheaper on Beam
H200 2 configs · 9 configs	$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand	$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	51% cheaper on Beam
A100 1 config · 9 configs	$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand	$1.59 /GPU/hr On-demand	14% cheaper on Beam
L40S 1 config · 5 configs	$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand	$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand	36% cheaper on Beam
RTX 5090 1 config	$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Beam only
RTX 4090 1 config	$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Beam only
RTX A6000 1 config	$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Beam only

All 10 GPUs on Beam All 7 GPUs on Lyceum

Beam bills on-demand; Lyceum bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Beam	Lyceum
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Python Notebooks
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	Beam	Lyceum
SOC 2	Type II	--
GDPR	Yes	Yes

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	Lyceum
Founded	2021	2025
Headquarters	USA	Germany
Locations	--	3
Example customers	Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase	--
Website	www.beam.cloud	lyceum.technology

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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Lyceum on Oct. 1, 2026.