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Beam Alternatives

Open-source serverless GPU cloud with sub-second cold starts and auto-scaling

Beam is a serverless cloud platform for AI inference, sandboxes, and background jobs.

Explore 16 alternatives to Beam across 1 category. Updated September 2026.

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EU-hosted inference cloud for open-source models, OpenAI-compatible

From $0.06/1M tokens

One OpenAI-compatible API for 600+ models, with text billed at provider list prices

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Pay per prompt, from $0.10

Top Beam alternatives at a glance

Replicate. Run and fine-tune open-source models. Deploy custom models at scale. All with one line of code.
Baseten. AI inference platform for deploying and serving ML models with autoscaling and optimized infrastructure
Cerebrium. Serverless GPU infrastructure for deploying AI models with sub-5 second cold starts
fal. Build the next generation of creativity with fal. Lightning fast inference.
Modal. Run generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, job queues, and much more.

Product	Pricing Model	Free Tier	Open Source	Hosting	HQ
Beam	Pay-per-use	✓	✓	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Replicate	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Baseten	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Cerebrium	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
fal	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Modal	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
BentoML	—	✓	✓	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
deepinfra	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Lyceum	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇩🇪 Germany
RunPod	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
together.ai	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Varion	—	✓	—	—	🇱🇹 Lithuania
Runware	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Hostnot GPU	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇦🇪 AE
fireworks.ai	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Cloudflare Workers AI	Freemium	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States