Beam
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 79% cheaper on Beam |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 and Vultr each offer 10 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Beam | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
1 config · 3 configs
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 43% cheaper on Beam |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 55% cheaper on Beam |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Beam only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Beam only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Beam bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Beam | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 33 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, EdgeImpulse, Magellan AI, Geospy, Frase | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 1, 2026.