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Beam vs Nova Cloud

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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

Nova Cloud logo Nova Cloud

  • Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
  • Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
  • Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
  • 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available

Price comparison

How do Beam's prices compare against Nova Cloud?

Block Storage

Beam Beam
$2.10 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Free egress allowance

Beam Beam
Free and unlimited
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Beam Beam
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 $1.09 $1.26 RTX 5090 $0.72 $0.63

Billing Options

Beam Beam
On-DemandCustom
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)

Available Models

Beam offers 10 GPU models, while Nova Cloud offers 2.

Beam Beam
H100(2) H200(2) RTX PRO 6000(1) A100(1) L40S(1) B200(2) B300(1) RTX A6000(1) RTX 5090(1) RTX 4090(1)
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
RTX PRO 6000(20) RTX 5090(20)

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 Nova Cloud offer:

Service Beam Nova Cloud
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions

Company details

Website
Beam Beam
www.beam.cloud
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
nova-cloud.ai
Headquarters
Beam Beam
United States of America US flag
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
Canada CA flag
Founded
Beam Beam
2021
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
2018
Data Center Locations
Beam Beam
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Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Example Customers
Beam Beam
Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Nova Cloud on Sept. 11, 2026.