Beam vs Google Cloud

Only charged when your code runs, no charges for cold starts or server spin-up

Memory snapshots and GPU checkpoint restore bring containers back in seconds, which Beam reports as up to 35x faster than a traditional cold boot

Run untrusted code safely in isolated environments for AI agents and code interpreters

Pause and resume sessions while maintaining filesystem, memory, and running processes

Scale to zero when idle, burst to thousands of containers in seconds

Bring your own Docker images for full environment control, including running the Docker daemon inside containers

Scalable virtual machines with a wide range of machine types, including GPUs.

Managed Kubernetes service for deploying and managing containerized applications.

Event-driven serverless compute platform.

Fully managed serverless platform for containerized applications.

Unified ML platform for building, deploying, and managing ML models.

Short-lived compute instances at a significant discount, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads.