Beam
vs
Paperspace
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
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | 70% cheaper on Beam |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 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 Paperspace offers 12. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 69% cheaper on Beam |
|
A100
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 56% cheaper on Beam |
|
RTX A6000
1 config · 2 configs
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 71% cheaper on Beam |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A4000
1 config
|
-- | $0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A5000
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
Beam bills on-demand; Paperspace bills on-demand. 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 | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, data centers only |
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 | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 3 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | paperspace.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Paperspace on Oct. 1, 2026.