Beam vs Shadeform

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

Deploy high quality GPUs across 30+ top clouds worldwide through one platform

Scale across 100+ regions in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia

Provision GPU instances across top providers with centralized billing and support

Users save up to 90% on GPU instances vs traditional cloud providers

Startup scripts, container launches, templates, persistent volumes and SkyPilot integration documented for instance provisioning

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