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Storage 1 TB included, then $0.021 a GB-month (https://www.beam.cloud/pricing, https://docs.beam.cloud/v2/resources/pricing-and-billing).", "priceSummary": "$0.045 / vCPU-hr", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1800, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 8481, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.beam.cloud", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.beam.cloud/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "compute.gpu", "compute.serverless", "compute.endpoints", "compute.batch", "compute.containers" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "open-source", "self-hosted", "python", "typescript", "llms-txt", "async-jobs" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 313, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 40, "reliability": 55, "schema": 58, "security": 50, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "-2: `beam deploy --format json` writes the full workspace bearer token into the JSON logs array that CI systems keep. 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Running in your own cloud adds no platform fee on pay as you go (https://northflank.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.0167 / vCPU-hr", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 19190, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://northflank.com/docs/v1/application", "llmsTxt": "https://northflank.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.northflank.com/v1/swagger-json", "capabilities": [ "compute.gpu", "compute.containers", "compute.batch", "compute.endpoints" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "uk", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 224, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 48, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 81, "security": 75, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.0 with over 100 paths, enums and `per_page`, `page` and `cursor` on every list. 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Both do compute gpu. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 25 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-northflank", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-northflank.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-northflank.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-northflank.min.md" }, "markdown": "Northflank has a score of 61.8 (C) against Beam's 55.5 (C). Both do compute gpu. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 25 points.\n\n- Beam: grade C, 55.5/100, rank #313 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/beam.json\n- Northflank: grade C, 61.8/100, rank #224 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/northflank.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/northflank.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Beam for agent ergonomics (+10), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+14).\n\nPick Northflank for reliability (+10), schema \u0026 documentation (+23), security \u0026 auth (+25).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Beam | Northflank | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 65 | Northflank +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 81 | Northflank +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 48 | Beam +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 75 | Northflank +25 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 30 | Beam +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 65 | Beam +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 60 | Beam +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.5 · C** | **61.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Beam | Northflank |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Beam | Northflank |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.beam.cloud/api/v1` | `https://api.northflank.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | Token |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 1.8k stars, 8.5k PyPI/wk | 19k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Beam.** Per-millisecond billing with cold starts and image pulls free, H100 PCIe at $3.50 and RTX 4090 at $0.69 an hour. No published request rate limits, 429 handling or SLA.\n\n**Northflank.** OpenAPI 3.0 with over 100 paths, enums and `per_page`, `page` and `cursor` on every list. No scale to zero for services; minimum instances must be at least 1.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Beam\n\n1. Check the response body for `ok: false` on gateway calls; a failure can arrive as HTTP 200\n2. Don't pipe `beam deploy --format json` output into CI logs, since it contains the workspace token\n3. Route anything over 180 seconds to a task queue and poll the task instead of holding the endpoint request\n4. Set `keep_warm_seconds` deliberately; the 180-second endpoint default bills three minutes of GPU after every call\n5. Pass `gpu=[\"RTX4090\", \"A10G\"]` so a job still schedules when one type is out\n\n### Northflank\n\n1. Issue the agent a team token under an API role limited to one project, not a personal token\n2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining` and wait `x-ratelimit-reset` seconds on a 429; the default is 1,000 calls an hour\n3. Page lists with `per_page` up to 100 and the returned `cursor` instead of numbered pages\n4. Use a job, not a service, for anything that finishes; services bill until paused or deleted\n5. Fetch any docs page with .md appended to get Markdown\n\n## Other comparisons with Beam or Northflank\n\n- [Baseten vs Beam](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baseten-vs-beam.md)\n- [Baseten vs Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baseten-vs-northflank.md)\n- [Beam vs Koyeb](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-koyeb.md)\n- [Beam vs Lambda Cloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-lambda.md)\n- [Beam vs Modal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-modal.md)\n- [Beam vs Replicate Deployments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-replicate-deploy.md)\n- [Beam vs Runpod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-runpod.md)\n- [Koyeb vs Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/koyeb-vs-northflank.md)\n- [Lambda Cloud vs Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lambda-vs-northflank.md)\n- [Modal vs Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/modal-vs-northflank.md)\n- [Northflank vs Replicate Deployments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-replicate-deploy.md)\n- [Northflank vs Runpod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-runpod.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Beam vs Northflank", "url": "" } ], "description": "Northflank has a score of 61.8 (C) against Beam's 55.5 (C). 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