What's good about...
Beam
- Pay-per-millisecond billing, only charged when code is running
- Sandbox snapshots for faster deployments
- Autoscaling and deployment logs built-in
- Supports custom Docker images
Vast.ai
- Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
- Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
- Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
- Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow
Price comparison
Beam Pricing
Beam uses a pay-per-millisecond pricing model where you only pay when your code is running. CPU costs $0.190 per core, RAM costs $0.020 per GB, and file storage is included free of charge. There are no charges for cold starts or server spin-up time.
Vast.ai Pricing
Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:
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Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.
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Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).
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Bandwidth costs for data transfer.
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
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Billing Options
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Available Models
Beam offers 3 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 56.
H100Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Beam and Vast.ai offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.beam.cloud | vast.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2021 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | -- |
| Example Customers | Coke, Magellan, StratumAI, Geospy, Frase | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Vast.ai on June 23, 2026.