Beam Cloud

Functions 4.8/10

Pay-per-second (only while container runs): CPU $0.19/core/hr, RAM $0.0000056/GB/s, RTX 4090 $0.69/hr, A10G $1.05/hr, H100 $3.50/hr. Scale-to-zero; no charge for image pull or boot

Beam Cloud scores 4.8/10 for free value in Functions. The main constraint: Paid — RTX 4090 $0.000192/s; A10G $0.000292/s; H100 $0.000972/s. Pay-per-second (only while container runs): CPU $0.19/core/hr, RAM $0.0000056/GB/s, RTX 4090 $0.69/hr, A10G $1.05/hr, H100 $3.50/hr. Scale-to-zero; no charge for image pull or boot wait.

Category Functions Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.8 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.8/10

value = 4.8/100

weighted_components_v1

Invocation value 1/10

value = 0.01 ×

fixed_log_v1

Runtime fit 9/10

value = 9/100

policy_score_v1

Deploy friction 8/10

value = 8/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

4090 $192u/s

H100 $972u/s

per-sec

What you get

Paid — RTX 4090 $0.000192/s; A10G $0.000292/s; H100 $0.000972/s. Pay-per-second (only while container runs): CPU $0.19/core/hr, RAM $0.0000056/GB/s, RTX 4090 $0.69/hr, A10G $1.05/hr, H100 $3.50/hr. Scale-to-zero; no charge for image pull or boot wait.

RTX 4090 at $0.69/hr and H100 at $3.50/hr with fast cold starts; not billing for image pull/boot is a real saving. Strong value for Python GPU functio

Gotchas

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Sources

"RTX 4090 GPU | $0.000192 | $0.69 ... A10G GPU | $0.000292 | $1.05 ... H100 GPU | $0.000972 | $3.50"
https://docs.beam.cloud/v2/resources/pricing-and-billing
"You are charged whenever a container is running ... [not for] Waiting for a machine to start ... Pulling your container image"
https://docs.beam.cloud/v2/resources/pricing-and-billing

paid value serverless-functions

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