Beam
vs
Vast.ai
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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Vast.ai | 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 Vast.ai offers 65. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 50 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 5% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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B300
1 config · 2 configs
|
-- On request | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | |
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B200
2 configs · 8 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Beam |
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RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 98 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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H200
2 configs · 30 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Beam |
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RTX 5090
1 config · 176 configs
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$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 43% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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A100
1 config · 94 configs
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$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | 71% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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RTX 4090
1 config · 167 configs
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$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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L40S
1 config · 25 configs
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$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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RTX A6000
1 config · 25 configs
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$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Vast.ai |
Beam bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Beam | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
| Serverless Functions |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Beam | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | vast.ai |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.