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Beam vs Oracle Cloud

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What's good about...

Beam logo Beam

  • Pay-per-millisecond billing, only charged when code is running
  • Sandbox snapshots for faster deployments
  • Autoscaling and deployment logs built-in
  • Supports custom Docker images

Oracle Cloud logo Oracle Cloud

  • Great price-performance ratio
  • Wide range of server configurations and managed services
  • Comprehensive hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
  • 10 TB of free egress per month

Price comparison

How do Beam's prices compare against Oracle Cloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$10.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$27.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$92.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$4.25 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$25.57 / mo

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$7.86 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$70.56 / mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4)

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$27.94 / mo 2 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
10 TB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$8.50 $0.0085 / GB

Beam logo Beam Pricing Details

Beam uses a pay-per-millisecond pricing model where you only pay when your code is running. CPU costs $0.190 per core, RAM costs $0.020 per GB, and file storage is included free of charge. There are no charges for cold starts or server spin-up time.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Beam Beam
$1.61/hr
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$2.00/hr

Billing Options

Beam Beam
On-Demand
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
On-Demand

Available Models

Beam offers 3 GPU models, while Oracle Cloud offers 13.

Beam Beam
H100(1) RTX 4090(1) A10G(1)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
H100(1) A100(2) H200(1) L40S(2) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(1) V100(4) B300(2) A10(3) GB200(1)
View all 13 GPUs

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Beam and Oracle Cloud offer:

Service Beam Oracle Cloud
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Beam Beam
www.beam.cloud
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
www.oracle.com
Headquarters
Beam Beam
United States of America
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
United States of America
Founded
Beam Beam
2021
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
2016
Data Center Locations
Beam Beam
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Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
39
Example Customers
Beam Beam
Coke, Magellan, StratumAI, Geospy, Frase
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia

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Our data for Beam was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on June 22, 2026.

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