Beam
vs
TheAI Cloud
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
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Reserved terms of 24 or 36 months
- 2TB DDR5 and 30TB NVMe per node
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | $289.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB disk · Billed per second while running | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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 TheAI Cloud offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 2 configs
|
-- On request | $4.70 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | |
|
H100
2 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | 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 |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
Beam bills on-demand; TheAI Cloud bills reserved (24 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Beam | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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 | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | UAE |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, Magellan AI, Raven, EdgeImpulse, Frase | -- |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | cloud.theai.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for TheAI Cloud on Oct. 22, 2026.