Beam vs packet.ai
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 4 GPUs both offer on-demand; packet.ai wins on 1. 1 more shared GPU rests on community capacity or a marketplace floor and is not counted. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Beam $4.11 vs packet.ai $6.99 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.88 (41%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Beam and packet.ai, 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.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Beam | packet.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $4.11 from captured Deploy ↗ | $6.99 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $2.88 (41%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.43 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $0.07 (5%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.66 Dynamic captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S | $0.76 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.92 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $0.16 (17%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.44 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.39 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (11%) | packet.ai |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: Beam $4.11 vs packet.ai $6.99 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.88 (41%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Beam $1.36 vs packet.ai $1.43 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.07 (5%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Beam $1.09 (from) vs packet.ai $0.66 (Dynamic) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: Beam $0.76 vs packet.ai $0.92 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.16 (17%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: Beam $0.44 vs packet.ai $0.39 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — packet.ai is $0.05 (11%) 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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