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Cloud access to Heron and Nighthawk QPUs
- Version
- Qiskit
- Cost
- Free tier · from $2,880/min
- Model
- 100+ qubit processors
Google Quantum AI
Google · #3 most active of 18 in Quantum
Below-threshold error correction demonstrated on the 105-qubit Willow chip.
100
Trust score · Verified
2 data points checked · 2026-11-03
Current version
Cirq
Entry cost
Free and open-source software (Cirq)
Changes / 30d
7
The short answers · verified November 8, 2026
- What is the latest version of Google Quantum AI?
- The current shipped version of Google Quantum AI is Cirq, as of November 8, 2026.
- How much does Google Quantum AI cost?
- Google Quantum AI has no published flat entry price. Free and open-source software (Cirq)
- What AI model does Google Quantum AI use?
- Google Quantum AI runs primarily on Cirq.
Source: Google — quantumai.google · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- 105 physical qubits
- below-threshold error correction
- Cirq toolchain
- Quantum programming framework
- Quantum circuit simulation
- Noise modeling and experiments
- Quantum Virtual Machine
- Open source Python library
- Quantum circuit programming
- Quantum simulation
- Noise modeling
- Hardware-specific optimization
- Built-in simulators (qsim)
- Quantum Virtual Machine (QVM)
- Noise modeling & experiments
- Open-source Python framework
- Quantum programming
- Python software library
- Open source tools
- Quantum circuit building
- Quantum simulators
- Noisy quantum channel handling
- Quantum Circuit Programming
- Quantum Simulation
- Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Abstractions
- Superconducting Quantum Hardware Support
- Superconducting processors
- Open source framework
- Noisy quantum simulation
- quantum computing
- quantum circuit programming
- quantum simulation
- open source framework
- quantum programming
- quantum simulators
- noisy quantum channels
- quantum circuits
- open source library
- Noise Modeling
- Open Source Framework
- Hardware Integration
- Noisy Hardware Modeling
- quantum circuit simulator
- quantum noise simulation
- quantum hardware execution
- superconducting quantum computing
- quantum virtual machine
- quantum programming framework
- quantum circuits simulator
- noisy intermediate-scale quantum
- open source python library
- python library
- noise modeling
- quantum circuit simulation
- quantum algorithm design
- open source Python library
- Quantum Circuit Simulator
- Quantum Hardware Integration
- Noise Simulation
- Open Source Python Library
- quantum circuits programming
- simulating quantum circuits
- noisy intermediate-scale quantum abstractions
- built-in simulators
- Noisy intermediate-scale quantum
- Quantum virtual machine
- circuit optimization
- python framework
- quantum circuit design
- quantum hardware integration
- Quantum simulator
- Quantum programming library
- Quantum Simulators
- Open Source Software Library
- circuit building
- simulators
- open source
- noise simulation
- hardware constraints handling
- noisy quantum simulation
- Built-in simulators
- Noise simulation
- Noisy quantum channel simulation
- Quantum circuit simulator
- Superconducting hardware access
- Superconducting hardware execution
- Quantum circuits programming
- Quantum Simulator
- Superconducting Qubits
- Quantum Circuit Builder
- Hardware Constrained Device Modeling
- simulated hardware
- Noisy quantum channels
- Quantum circuit design
- Quantum algorithms
- Quantum circuit builder
- Open source library
- quantum simulations
- quantum-circuit-programming
- quantum-simulation
- noisy-intermediate-scale-quantum-nisq
- quantum-virtual-machine
- superconducting processors
- Quantum Simulations
- Open Source Library
- quantum-programming
- quantum-simulators
- open-source-framework
- quantum-circuits
- Python library
- Quantum circuits
- Quantum hardware simulation
- Quantum circuit optimization
- Noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) framework
- Quantum algorithm programming
- Noisy quantum hardware simulation
- Open-source software framework
- wave function simulator
- noisy intermediate-scale quantum (nisq) support
- python software library
- noisy intermediate-scale quantum (nisq) abstraction
- quantum circuit optimization
- Quantum computing simulation
- Noisy simulation (Monte Carlo/density matrix)
- Superconducting hardware integration
- quantum simulator
- Quantum Computing
- Quantum Circuit Optimization
- superconducting qubits
- Quantum Programming
- Quantum Circuit Simulation
- quantum circuit building
- noisy quantum channels simulation
- Circuit simulator
- Hardware-level abstractions
- Virtual machine mock hardware
- Superconducting quantum hardware support
- Noisy hardware abstractions
- Noisy hardware emulation
- Open source python library
- Quantum Circuits
- Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ)
- Open Source
- noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) abstractions
- density matrix simulator
- noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) simulation
- open source Python framework
- Open Source SDK
- quantum computing framework
- simulation
- superconducting quantum hardware
- noisy intermediate scale quantum
- Noisy hardware simulation
Pricing
Cirq Open Source Library
Free Python library for writing, manipulating, and optimizing quantum circuits
Free
Entry price over time
7 of 78 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
Cirq
Google
- disclosed
Willow
Google Quantum AI
- disclosed
Willow QPU
Google
Context window
—
Public API
no
Multi-model routing
no
Stack signals
- python
Shared model stack
Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.
- CirqGoogle · 1 product
- WillowGoogle Quantum AI · 1 product
- Willow QPUGoogle · 1 product
green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.
Reported scale
Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.
No public usage figure on record for this product.
Public market scorecard
Alphabet investor relationsGoogle trades as NASDAQ: GOOGL. Figures below are as reported for Q2 2026 on Jul 23, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.
Q2 2026 revenue
$103B
+15% YoY
- Google Cloud
- ~$16B
- +30% YoY
- Gemini app users
- ~950M MAU
- company stated
Also in Quantum
All Quantum9
Managed multi-vendor quantum cloud
- Version
- Amazon Braket
- Cost
- Pay-as-you-go pricing based on quantum resources (tasks/shots), classical resources, or reservation rates; free local simulator available.
- Model
- AQT IBEX-Q1
IonQ Forte
IonQ
6
Trapped-ion QPUs via cloud
- Version
- Forte
- Cost
- Pricing is not published. Sign up for a free account to access simulators and manage API keys; hardware/QPU access is paid.
- Model
- Forte
Quantinuum Helios
Quantinuum
6
Trapped-ion QCCD systems
- Version
- Helios
- Cost
- Hardware-as-a-service / access via Nexus cloud or on-premise. Pricing is not published (contact sales).
- Model
- Guppy / TKET
D-Wave Leap
D-Wave
4
Annealing and hybrid solvers
- Version
- Advantage2
- Cost
- Free trial available; pricing not publicly listed for paid tiers.
- Model
- Advantage
Azure Quantum
Microsoft
3
Quantum cloud plus resource estimation
- Version
- Azure Quantum
- Cost
- Free tier/credits available; paid usage determined by Microsoft partners who define and control hardware pricing.
- Model
- Majorana 1
Change history
- capability
New capabilities: Noisy hardware simulation
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New capabilities: noisy intermediate scale quantum
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New capabilities: superconducting quantum hardware
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New capabilities: quantum computing framework
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- capability
New capabilities: noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) simulation, open source Python framework
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New capabilities: noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) abstractions, density matrix simulator
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New capabilities: Quantum Circuits, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ), Open Source
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New capabilities: Open source python library
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New capabilities: Noisy hardware abstractions
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New capabilities: Superconducting quantum hardware support
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New capabilities: Virtual machine mock hardware
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New capabilities: Circuit simulator, Hardware-level abstractions
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New capabilities: quantum circuit building, noisy quantum channels simulation
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New capabilities: Quantum Programming, Quantum Circuit Simulation
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New capabilities: Quantum Computing, Quantum Circuit Optimization
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New capabilities: Superconducting hardware integration
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New capabilities: Quantum computing simulation, Noisy simulation (Monte Carlo/density matrix)
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New capabilities: quantum circuit optimization
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New capabilities: noisy intermediate-scale quantum (nisq) abstraction
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New capabilities: noisy intermediate-scale quantum (nisq) support, python software library
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- capability
New capabilities: Quantum algorithm programming, Noisy quantum hardware simulation, Open-source software framework
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source - capability
New capabilities: Quantum hardware simulation, Quantum circuit optimization, Noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) framework
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New capabilities: Python library, Quantum circuits
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New capabilities: quantum-programming, quantum-simulators, open-source-framework
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New capabilities: Quantum Simulations, Open Source Library
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New capabilities: superconducting processors
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New capabilities: quantum-circuit-programming, quantum-simulation, noisy-intermediate-scale-quantum-nisq
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source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: Quantum circuit builder, Open source library
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New capabilities: Noisy quantum channels, Quantum circuit design, Quantum algorithms
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source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: Quantum Circuit Builder, Hardware Constrained Device Modeling
89 tracked91 tracked · +Quantum Circuit Builder, Hardware Constrained Device Modeling
source - capability
New capabilities: Quantum Simulator, Superconducting Qubits
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New capabilities: Quantum circuits programming
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source
Google Quantum AI compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Quantum.
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APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Google Quantum AI — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/google-quantum-ai
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-google-quantum-ai,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {Google Quantum AI — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/google-quantum-ai}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}