Beam vs Paperspace
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 3 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H200: Beam $2.09 vs Paperspace $4.47 (GPU Droplets) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.38 (53%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Beam and Paperspace, 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 | Paperspace | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 | $2.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $4.47 GPU Droplets captured Deploy ↗ | $2.38 (53%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $3.18 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $1.82 (57%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 | $0.54 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.94 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 (43%) | Beam |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA H200: Beam $2.09 vs Paperspace $4.47 (GPU Droplets) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.38 (53%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Beam $1.36 vs Paperspace $3.18 (Paperspace) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $1.82 (57%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Beam $0.54 vs Paperspace $0.94 (Paperspace) per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.40 (43%) 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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