Beam vs Paperspace

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

Ultrafast boot times with advanced container optimization

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

Interactive Jupyter notebooks with a free tier, pre-configured templates, and access to powerful GPUs.

Serve machine learning models as scalable API endpoints.

High-performance virtual machines with a wide variety of NVIDIA GPUs for demanding workloads.

Features for teams to collaborate on projects, including shared drives and SSO.

Offers persistent storage that can be shared across different machines and notebooks.

Programmatic access to the Paperspace platform to automate workflows.