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
- Recurring monthly credit on every plan
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Reserved terms from 1 to 24 months
- 400G InfiniBand per GPU on B300 nodes
- 3TB DDR5 per node, up to 32TB local NVMe
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 5 configs
|
-- On request | $4.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | |
|
H200
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 35% cheaper on Beam |
|
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 |
|
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 (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 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 |
Company details
| Fact | Beam | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | UAE |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | -- |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | cloud.theai.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for TheAI Cloud on Sept. 12, 2026.