Beam vs Nebula Block
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 3 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: Beam $1.36 vs Nebula Block $1.43 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.07 (5%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Beam |  Nebula Block | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.43 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.07 (5%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.81 · 20 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $0.72 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.02 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.30 (29%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.54 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 captured Deploy ↗ | — | Same |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Beam and Nebula Block, 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 A100 80GB: Beam $1.36 vs Nebula Block $1.43 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.07 (5%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: Beam $0.72 vs Nebula Block $1.02 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.30 (29%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Beam $0.54 vs Nebula Block $0.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — identical.
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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