Beam vs SwissGPU
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 3 GPUs both offer on-demand; SwissGPU wins on 1. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Beam $1.09 vs SwissGPU $1.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.71 (40%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Beam | SwissGPU | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.17 · 34 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $1.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.71 (40%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.76 · 14 providers · lowest Edgevana $0.54 from | $0.72 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.12 (16%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.47 · 14 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.39 | $0.44 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.48 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.04 (9%) | Beam |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Beam and SwissGPU, 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 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Beam $1.09 vs SwissGPU $1.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.71 (40%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: Beam $0.72 vs SwissGPU $0.60 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.12 (16%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: Beam $0.44 vs SwissGPU $0.48 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.04 (9%) 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.
Data updated: