12
Cloud access to Heron and Nighthawk QPUs
- Version
- Qiskit
- Cost
- Free tier · from $48/min
- Model
- 100+ qubit processors
IonQ Forte
IonQ · #4 most active of 18 in Quantum
Forte and Forte Enterprise systems available through Braket, Azure and IonQ Cloud.
100
Trust score · Verified
2 data points checked · 2026-11-04
Current version
Forte
Entry cost
Pricing is not published. Sign up for a free account to access simulators and manage API keys; hardware/QPU access is paid.
Changes / 30d
6
The short answers · verified November 7, 2026
- What is the latest version of IonQ Forte?
- The current shipped version of IonQ Forte is Forte, as of November 7, 2026.
- How much does IonQ Forte cost?
- IonQ Forte has no published flat entry price. Pricing is not published. Sign up for a free account to access simulators and manage API keys; hardware/QPU access is paid.
- What AI model does IonQ Forte use?
- IonQ Forte runs primarily on Forte.
Source: IonQ — ionq.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- 36 algorithmic qubits
- cloud + on-prem systems
- native gate access
- Trapped ion quantum computing
- IonQ Quantum Cloud access
- Forte noise model simulator
- Qiskit integration
- Cirq integration
- TensorFlow integration
- API access
- Trapped Ion QPU
- Noise Model Simulation
- Native Gates
- Error Mitigation (Debiasing)
- Qiskit Integration
- Cirq Integration
- TensorFlow Integration
- Direct API Submission
- Trapped Ion Quantum Computing
- Error Mitigation - Debiasing
- API Access
- Quantum cloud access
- Noise model simulation
- Quantum Cloud Access
- Trapped Ion QPUs
- TensorFlow Quantum Integration
- Cloud Access
- Simulator Noise Models
- Cloud access
- Error mitigation
- trapped ion quantum computer
- quantum cloud access
- qiskit integration
- cirq integration
- tensorflow integration
- noise model simulation
- error mitigation
- Quantum Computing
- Trapped Ion
- Noise Models
- Error Mitigation
- Simulators
- Quantum Cloud
- quantum-computing
- trapped-ion
- quantum-cloud
- noise-models
- Cloud Quantum Access
- trapped ion
- quantum computing
- noise model simulator
- SDK Integrations
- Qiskit Support
- Cirq Support
- TensorFlow Support
- Quantum Cloud access
- Trapped Ion technology
- Quantum computing
- Qiskit SDK Integration
- Cirq SDK Integration
- TensorFlow SDK Integration
- Noise Model Simulators
- quantum simulation
- noise models
- API Keys
- Trapped ion system
- trapped ion quantum computing
- ionq quantum cloud access
- API Key Management
- Simulation with Noise Models
- cloud access
- API keys
- Noise model simulators
- API Integration
- Forte Noise Model Simulators
- Cloud Quantum QPU Access
- Forte Noise Model Simulator
- Noise Model Simulator
- Debiasing
- noise model simulators
- cloud partner access
- Cloud Integration
- SDK support
- quantum cloud platform
- SDK integration (Qiskit/Cirq/TensorFlow)
- error mitigation - debiasing
- native gates
- Quantum Simulators
- Trapped Ion Systems
- Quantum Cloud Integration
- API Key Access
- Quantum Platform
- Quantum Cloud Platform
- Quantum Cloud API
- quantum simulator
- tensorflow quantum integration
- SDK Integration
- Aria and Forte noise model simulators
- quantum cloud simulator
- Quantum Simulation
- QPU Submission
- Trapped Ion Hardware
Pricing
IonQ Quantum Cloud Free Account
Includes simulators (up to 29 qubits) and IonQ Aria and Forte noise model simulators
Free
Entry price over time
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
Forte
IonQ
- disclosed
Forte QPU
IonQ
- disclosed
IonQ Forte
IonQ
- disclosed
IonQ Forte QPU
IonQ
Context window
—
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
yes
Stack signals
- trapped ion
- photonic interconnect
- Qiskit/Cirq bridges
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.
- ForteIonQ · 2 products
- IonQ ForteIonQ · 2 products
- Forte QPUIonQ · 1 product
- IonQ Forte QPUIonQ · 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
IonQ investor relationsIonQ trades as NYSE: IONQ. Figures below are as reported for Q2 2026 on Aug 5, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.
Q2 2026 revenue
~$25M
+65% YoY
- Bookings
- government + enterprise pilots
- Path
- logical-qubit roadmap through 2030
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- Free local simulator in SDK. Pay-as-you-go pricing for tasks ($0.30 per task + per-shot fees) and hourly reservations.
- Model
- AQT IBEX-Q1
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- Cost
- Free and open-source software library
- Model
- Cirq
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- Version
- Helios
- Cost
- Pricing not published (Hardware-as-a-Service / quote-only)
- Model
- Guppy / TKET
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- Version
- Advantage2
- Cost
- Free trial available; pricing not publicly listed for paid tiers.
- Model
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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
- capability
New capabilities: Quantum Simulation, QPU Submission
99 tracked101 tracked · +Quantum Simulation, QPU Submission
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: Aria and Forte noise model simulators
97 tracked98 tracked · +Aria and Forte noise model simulators
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: quantum simulator, tensorflow quantum integration
94 tracked96 tracked · +quantum simulator, tensorflow quantum integration
source - capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: API Key Access, Quantum Platform
90 tracked92 tracked · +API Key Access, Quantum Platform
source - capability
- capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: quantum cloud platform, SDK integration (Qiskit/Cirq/TensorFlow), error mitigation - debiasing
83 tracked87 tracked · +quantum cloud platform, SDK integration (Qiskit/Cirq/TensorFlow), error mitigation - debiasing, native gates
source - capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: noise model simulators, cloud partner access
79 tracked81 tracked · +noise model simulators, cloud partner access
source - capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: Cloud Quantum QPU Access, Forte Noise Model Simulator
75 tracked77 tracked · +Cloud Quantum QPU Access, Forte Noise Model Simulator
source - capability
New capabilities: API Integration, Forte Noise Model Simulators
73 tracked75 tracked · +API Integration, Forte Noise Model Simulators
source - capability
New capabilities: API keys, Noise model simulators
71 tracked73 tracked · +API keys, Noise model simulators
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: API Key Management, Simulation with Noise Models
68 tracked70 tracked · +API Key Management, Simulation with Noise Models
source - capability
New capabilities: trapped ion quantum computing, ionq quantum cloud access
66 tracked68 tracked · +trapped ion quantum computing, ionq quantum cloud access
source - capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: quantum simulation, noise models
62 tracked64 tracked · +quantum simulation, noise models
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: Quantum computing, Qiskit SDK Integration, Cirq SDK Integration
57 tracked61 tracked · +Quantum computing, Qiskit SDK Integration, Cirq SDK Integration, TensorFlow SDK Integration
source - capability
New capabilities: Quantum Cloud access, Trapped Ion technology
55 tracked57 tracked · +Quantum Cloud access, Trapped Ion technology
source - capability
New capabilities: Qiskit Support, Cirq Support, TensorFlow Support
52 tracked55 tracked · +Qiskit Support, Cirq Support, TensorFlow Support
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: trapped ion, quantum computing, noise model simulator
48 tracked51 tracked · +trapped ion, quantum computing, noise model simulator
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: quantum-computing, trapped-ion, quantum-cloud
43 tracked47 tracked · +quantum-computing, trapped-ion, quantum-cloud, noise-models
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: Quantum Computing, Trapped Ion, Noise Models
37 tracked42 tracked · +Quantum Computing, Trapped Ion, Noise Models, Error Mitigation, Simulators
source - model
IonQ Forte added Forte to its model stack
Forte QPU, IonQ Forte, IonQ Forte QPUForte, Forte QPU, IonQ Forte, IonQ Forte QPU
source - capability
New capabilities: trapped ion quantum computer, quantum cloud access, qiskit integration
30 tracked37 tracked · +trapped ion quantum computer, quantum cloud access, qiskit integration, cirq integration, tensorflow integration, noise model simulation, error mitigation
source - capability
New capabilities: Cloud access, Error mitigation
28 tracked30 tracked · +Cloud access, Error mitigation
source
IonQ Forte compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Quantum.
How to cite this page
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APA
Tomorrow. (2026). IonQ Forte — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ionq
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-ionq,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {IonQ Forte — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ionq}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}