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 | 3.3x more expensive on Paperspace |
| 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 | 3.3x more expensive on Paperspace |
|
A100
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.3x more expensive on Paperspace |
|
RTX A6000
1 config · 2 configs
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.5x more expensive on Paperspace |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A5000
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A4000
1 config
|
-- | $0.76 /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.
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 Sept. 11, 2026, and for Paperspace on Sept. 11, 2026.