Barrack AI vs Beam
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 5 of the 5 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Barrack AI $6.89 vs Beam $4.11 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.78 (40%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Barrack AI |  Beam | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.99 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $6.89 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.11 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.78 (40%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 51 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $4.45 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.36 (53%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe median $2.89 · 11 providers · lowest Beam $1.83 from | $2.89 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.83 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.06 (37%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.13 (9%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 18 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.59 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (8%) | Beam |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Barrack AI and Beam, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: Barrack AI $6.89 vs Beam $4.11 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.78 (40%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Barrack AI $4.45 vs Beam $2.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.36 (53%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe: Barrack AI $2.89 vs Beam $1.83 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $1.06 (37%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Barrack AI $1.49 vs Beam $1.36 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.13 (9%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Barrack AI $0.59 vs Beam $0.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.05 (8%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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