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IBM Quantum PlatformAmazon Braket
| Attribute | IBM Quantum Platform IBM | Amazon Braket AWS |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Qiskit | Amazon Braket |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $2,880/min | Pay-as-you-go pricing based on quantum resources (tasks/shots), classical resources, or reservation rates; free local simulator available. |
| Pricing tiers | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $5760 · Flex Plan $4320 · Premium Plan $2880 | Pay-as-you-go / Local Simulator free |
| Model stack | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processing units (QPUs) · IBM Quantum fleet (100+ qubit processors) | AQT IBEX-Q1 · Aquila · Aquila (QuEra) · Braket SDK · Cepheus · Cepheus (Rigetti) · Emerald · Emerald (IQM) · Forte · Forte (IonQ) · Garnet · Garnet (IQM) · IBEX-Q1 · IBEX-Q1 (AQT) · IonQ / IQM / Rigetti / QuEra · IonQ Forte · IQM Emerald · IQM Garnet · QuEra Aquila · Rigetti Cepheus |
| Context window | 5000 two-qubit gates | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 13 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 156-qubit Heron r2, Qiskit Runtime primitives, dynamic circuits, error mitigation, Quantum computer access, Qiskit Runtime, Qiskit Functions catalog, Error mitigation | multi-vendor hardware, managed notebooks, hybrid jobs, Direct Reservations, Quantum circuit simulators, Jupyter notebook development environments, Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, Braket SDK |