Beam
vs
Vercel
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
- Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
- First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
- Very active community and plenty of learning resources
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $23.90 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $153.85 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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. We track no GPU listings from Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /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. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Beam | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 18 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | vercel.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Vercel on July 27, 2026.