Beam
vs
Nebius
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
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | 70% cheaper on Beam |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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 Nebius offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 59% cheaper on Beam |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 52% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Beam |
|
H200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 61% cheaper on Beam |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 51% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
Beam bills on-demand; Nebius bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | nebius.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 1, 2026.