Beam
vs
Oblivus
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
- Unmetered bandwidth, up to 100 Gb/s per node
- Reservation terms of 1-36 months
- ISO 27001, SOC 1/2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant datacenters
- 3x replicated NVMe network storage
- Datacenters in Canada, Norway and the United States
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Oblivus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $83.52 /mo 4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x4) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $167.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x8) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $11.09 /mo 100 GB | 81% 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 Oblivus offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Oblivus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 42 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Beam |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 51% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 8 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 58% cheaper on Beam |
|
H200
2 configs · 5 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 62% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX 5090
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 20% cheaper on Beam |
|
A100
1 config · 39 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on Beam |
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RTX 4090
1 config · 28 configs
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | 31% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX A6000
1 config · 32 configs
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
L40
28 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Oblivus only |
Beam bills on-demand; Oblivus bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 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 | Oblivus |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | Data centers only |
| GDPR | 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 | Oblivus |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 3 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Stanford University, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University, University of Sydney, Bittensor, Akash, Prime Intellect, Shadeform, Strong Compute, RunComfy, VNG |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | oblivus.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Oblivus on Oct. 1, 2026.