What is the difference between Beam and OpenRelay?

Beam and OpenRelay are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Beam or OpenRelay?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Beam and OpenRelay?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 9 different GPU models across both Beam and OpenRelay, with 0 models available from both providers.

Beam vs OpenRelay

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Beam and OpenRelay. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Beam

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Beam GPUs

OpenRelay GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.58/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 9Both available: 3Beam: 3OpenRelay: 9

Showing 9 of 9 GPUs

Last updated: 10/5/2026, 2:54:27 PM

GPU Model ↑	Beam Price	OpenRelay Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$1.10/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $1.10/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$5.50/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • BeamOpenRelay	$3.50/hr	$2.60/hr★ Best	↑+$0.90(+34.6%)	Beam OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Beam $3.50/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 OpenRelay $2.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.90(+34.6%) Beam OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$7.49/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $7.49/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$5.50/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$0.18/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $0.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • BeamOpenRelay	$0.69/hr	$0.35/hr★ Best	↑+$0.34(+97.5%)	Beam OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Beam $0.69/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 OpenRelay $0.35/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.34(+97.5%) Beam OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • BeamOpenRelay	$1.09/hr	$0.60/hr★ Best	↑+$0.49(+81.8%)	Beam OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Beam $1.09/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 OpenRelay $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.49(+81.8%) Beam OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$1.55/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $1.55/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$1.10/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $1.10/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$5.50/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • BeamOpenRelay	$3.50/hr	$2.60/hr★ Best	↑+$0.90(+34.6%)	Beam OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Beam $3.50/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 OpenRelay $2.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.90(+34.6%) Beam OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$7.49/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $7.49/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$5.50/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$0.18/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $0.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • BeamOpenRelay	$0.69/hr	$0.35/hr★ Best	↑+$0.34(+97.5%)	Beam OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Beam $0.69/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 OpenRelay $0.35/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.34(+97.5%) Beam OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • BeamOpenRelay	$1.09/hr	$0.60/hr★ Best	↑+$0.49(+81.8%)	Beam OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Beam $1.09/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 OpenRelay $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.49(+81.8%) Beam OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay	Not Available	$1.55/hr★ Best	—	OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available OpenRelay $1.55/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price OpenRelay

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 7Both available: 0Beam: 0OpenRelay: 7

Showing 7 of 7 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/5/2026, 2:54:27 PM

Model ↑	Beam	OpenRelay	Input Diff ↕
BAAI bge-m3 BAAI	Not available	$0.013 in $0.0000 out	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.220 in $0.660 out	—
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	Not available	$1.82 in $5.72 out	—
GLM-5.3-Flash Z AI	Not available	$0.195 in $0.650 out	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	Not available	$0.150 in $0.600 out	—
GPT-OSS-20B OpenAI	Not available	$0.050 in $0.200 out	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	Not available	$0.420 in $3.00 out	—

Features Comparison

Beam

Pay-per-millisecond Billing
Only charged when your code runs, no charges for cold starts or server spin-up
Sub-second Cold Starts
Memory snapshots and GPU checkpoint restore bring containers back in seconds, which Beam reports as up to 35x faster than a traditional cold boot
Secure Sandbox Environments
Run untrusted code safely in isolated environments for AI agents and code interpreters
Stateful, Persistent Runtimes
Pause and resume sessions while maintaining filesystem, memory, and running processes
Elastic GPU Scaling
Scale to zero when idle, burst to thousands of containers in seconds
Custom Docker Images
Bring your own Docker images for full environment control, including running the Docker daemon inside containers

OpenRelay

Global GPU Capacity
A worldwide network of GPUs accessible through a single platform.
Automatic Failover
Traffic is rerouted to healthy nodes to ensure service continuity.
Instant Load Balancing
Requests are distributed evenly across available resources.
API Integration
Compatible with existing OpenAI SDKs and other client implementations.
Serverless Inference
Model hosting that scales according to traffic demands.

Pros & Cons

Beam

Advantages

Pay-per-millisecond billing with no charges for cold starts
Ultrafast boot times with sub-second cold starts via memory snapshots
GPU selection spanning RTX 4090 through B200, plus InfiniBand cluster nodes
On-demand machines priced flat per machine, including vCPU, RAM, and NVMe storage

Considerations

Serverless GPUs other than the RTX 4090 require a committed-spend agreement
GPU container concurrency is capped on the lower plan tiers
Multi-node InfiniBand clusters are sales-only with no published pricing

OpenRelay

Advantages

Global infrastructure for increased availability
Support for multiple AI models
Comprehensive documentation and API resources
Flexible resource management

Considerations

Limited information on company ownership
Headquarters location not specified
No details on legal entity registration

Compute Services

Beam

Inference Endpoints

Deploy high-performance inference endpoints with custom models

Custom model hosting on GPU or CPU
Pre-loading models for fast response times

Sandboxes

Secure code execution environments for AI agents

Run untrusted LLM-generated code safely
Snapshot and restore complete system state

Task Queues

Run large-scale workloads with distributed processing

Audio processing pipelines
Data processing at scale

OpenRelay

Pricing Options

Beam

Pay-per-millisecond

Serverless GPU, CPU, and sandbox usage billed by the millisecond with no minimum charges

Committed Spend

Serverless access to GPUs beyond the RTX 4090 is arranged through a committed-spend agreement

On-Demand Machines

Flat hourly price per machine that already includes the vCPU, RAM, and NVMe storage

Reserved Clusters

Multi-node InfiniBand clusters reserved monthly or yearly, quoted through sales

Bring Your Own Cloud

Per-vCPU and per-GB management fee on top of compute billed directly by your own cloud provider

Storage

Persistent volumes and snapshots included up to a capacity threshold, then billed per GB per month

Monthly Plans

Developer plan free with usage, Team plan with a monthly base fee plus usage, and a contact-sales Growth tier

Free Monthly Credits

All plans include monthly free credits that refresh each month

Volume Discounts

Discounts available for high monthly usage, arranged through sales

OpenRelay

Getting Started

Beam

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up on the Beam platform to receive monthly free credits
2
Set up Python environment
Create a virtual environment and install the Beam SDK
3
Authenticate with API token
Configure your API token to connect to Beam
4
Deploy your first app
Run a function locally, then deploy it as a web endpoint with the Beam CLI

OpenRelay

Get Started

1
Create an Account
Sign up on the OpenRelay website to access services.
2
Launch a GPU
Select from available NVIDIA GPUs and initiate a virtual machine.
3
Explore Inference APIs
Utilize various hosted models through the Inference API.
4
Integrate API Key
Configure your application to authenticate with OpenRelay's API.
5
Deploy Workloads
Use CLI tools or dashboard to manage deployments.

Support & Global Availability

Beam

Global Regions

30+ regions spanning the US, EU, Asia-Pacific, and Canada, with workloads routed across clouds and regions in real time

Support

Documentation, public Slack community, and a status page; live chat support on paid plans and a private Slack channel on the top tier

OpenRelay

Global Regions

Available globally

Support

Support via documentation and contact options.