Beam vs Vast.ai
As of , Beam and Vast.ai share 9 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: Beam $4.11 (from) vs Vast.ai $6.83 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Beam and Vast.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 | Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $4.11 from captured Deploy ↗ | $6.83 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 | $2.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $5.12 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe | $1.83 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.47 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.27 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S | $0.76 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.80 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | $0.72 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.46 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 | $0.54 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.44 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.36 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: Beam $4.11 (from) vs Vast.ai $6.83 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200: Beam $2.09 (from) vs Vast.ai $5.12 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe: Beam $1.83 (from) vs Vast.ai $2.47 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Beam $1.36 (from) vs Vast.ai $1.00 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Beam $1.09 (from) vs Vast.ai $1.27 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: Beam $0.76 (from) vs Vast.ai $0.80 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: Beam $0.72 (from) vs Vast.ai $0.46 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Beam $0.54 (from) vs Vast.ai $0.40 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: Beam $0.44 (from) vs Vast.ai $0.36 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
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: