Beam
vs
Runpod
Both rent H100 to B300 GPUs with managed containers. Beam adds serverless functions and cron jobs billed by the millisecond, while Runpod adds notebooks, community hosts and a wider catalog.
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 79% cheaper on Beam |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | Free and unlimited | |
| 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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 5 configs
|
-- On request | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
H100
2 configs · 13 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on Beam |
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B200
2 configs · 5 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Beam |
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RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 6 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Beam |
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H200
2 configs · 8 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 42% cheaper on Beam |
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RTX 5090
1 config · 6 configs
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
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A100
1 config · 12 configs
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$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Runpod |
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RTX 4090
1 config · 7 configs
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Runpod |
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L40S
1 config · 7 configs
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$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
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RTX A6000
1 config · 5 configs
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$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
Beam bills on-demand; Runpod 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.
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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 33 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | www.runpod.io |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 4, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 5, 2026.