What is the latest version of Qiskit?

The current shipped version of Qiskit is 2.6.2.

How much does Qiskit cost?

Qiskit has no published flat entry price. Free and open-source SDK

What AI model does Qiskit use?

Qiskit runs primarily on Rust transpiler core.

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Qiskit

Name: Qiskit
Author: IBM

IBM · #16 most active of 18 in Quantum

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The most widely used circuit construction, transpilation and primitives library.

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Current version

2.6.2

Entry cost

Free and open-source SDK

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The short answers

What is the latest version of Qiskit?: The current shipped version of Qiskit is 2.6.2.
How much does Qiskit cost?: Qiskit has no published flat entry price. Free and open-source SDK
What AI model does Qiskit use?: Qiskit runs primarily on Rust transpiler core.

Source: IBM — github.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

Rust-accelerated transpiler
primitives V2
circuit library
OpenQASM 3
quantum circuit building
transpilation and optimization
error mitigation and suppression
heterogeneous orchestration
quantum resource management
Qiskit Serverless
algorithm development
Circuit building
Transpiler optimization
Error mitigation & suppression
Heterogeneous orchestration
Qiskit Runtime
Qiskit Addons
Open-source SDK
Transpilation and optimization
Error mitigation and suppression
Algorithm development
Quantum-classical execution
Transpilation & Optimization
Error mitigation
Execution on quantum hardware
Post-processing
Quantum circuit building
Quantum execution and primitives
Quantum information science tools
Heterogeneous orchestration plugins
Qiskit addons
quantum circuits
transpiler
error mitigation
primitives
Benchpress
C API
Quantum SDK
Quantum Circuits
Transpiler
Error Mitigation
Execution Primitives
Quantum Hardware Plugins
transpilation optimization
execution primitives
quantum-classical orchestration
quantum serverless
quantum addons
visualization
benchpress toolkit
qiskit addons
circuit building
transpilation
quantum simulation
qiskit serverless
quantum information science
orchestration plugins
quantum circuit design
quantum simulator
slurm plugin
quantum primitives execution
post-processing addons
quantum SDK
transpiler optimization
quantum plugins
Execution primitives
Visualization
Optimization
Execution
quantum execution
Transpilation
Heterogeneous Orchestration
Slurm Plugin
Qiskit Functions
Quantum orchestration
Slurm plugin
visualize circuits
Optimization (Transpiler)
Execution (Primitives)
Post-processing (Addons)
quantum visualization
quantum machine learning
optimization
Transpilation optimization
Execution on hardware
Visualizing circuits
quantum execution primitives
visualization and analysis
quantum hardware plugins
quantum primitives
Qiskit functions
Transpilation & optimization
Quantum simulations
Quantum transpilation
Quantum execution primitives
quantum transpilation
transpilation & optimization
algorithmic addons
plugins & serverless orchestration
Optimization (transpilation)
Execution (IBM Quantum primitives)
Post-processing (Qiskit addons)
algorithm development addons
Quantum circuits
HPC integration
OpenQASM support
quantum-classical execution
Circuit optimization
Post-processing addons
Benchpress toolkit
open-source
Execution (primitives)
Transpiler Optimization
Post-Processing
Algorithm Development
Quantum circuit builder
IBM Quantum primitives
Quantum Circuit Building
IBM Quantum Primitives Execution
Quantum information science
Optimization / Transpiler
Execution / Primitives
Post-processing / Addons
quantum transpiler optimization
circuit optimization
primitives execution
visualization & analysis
QPY serialization
Primitives
C API Bindings
qiskit functions
benchmarking
Circuit optimization/transpilation
HPC orchestration / Slurm plugin
C API support
HPC Workload Orchestration
Visualizations
QPY Serialization
Quantum Simulation
Qiskit serverless
Python SDK
SDK transpiler optimization
Quantum resource management
Transpilation Optimization
Execution with Primitives
Circuit optimization & transpilation
Quantum-classical orchestration
HPC workload management / Slurm plugin
Qiskit Functions Catalog
C API / Rust integration
circuit transpiler optimization
quantum transpiler
benchmark performance
Quantum simulation
circuit transpilation
Quantum circuit transpiler
HPC plugins

Pricing

Open Source / Free
Completely free open-source SDK available via pip install qiskit
Free

Entry price over time

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11/24/2020 · $011/8/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

Rust transpiler core
IBM
disclosed

Context window

—

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

Stack signals

Python
Rust

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.

Rust transpiler coreIBM · 1 product
- Qiskit

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

IBM investor relations

IBM trades as NYSE: IBM. Figures below are as reported for Q2 2026 on Jul 22, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.

Q2 2026 revenue

~$17B

+6% YoY

Software segment: ~$7.5B; watsonx + Red Hat
Gen-AI book of business: $8B+ inception to date

Market reference

Share price~$280

12-month change+12%

Market cap~$260B

Live quote

Also in Quantum

All Quantum

IBM Quantum Platform

IBM

Cloud access to Heron and Nighthawk QPUs

Version: Qiskit
Cost: Free tier · from $2,880/min
Model: 100+ qubit processors

Amazon Braket

AWS

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

Google Quantum AI

Google

Willow superconducting processor

Version: Cirq
Cost: Free and open-source software (Cirq)
Model: Cirq

IonQ Forte

IonQ

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

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

Annealing and hybrid solvers

Version: Advantage2
Cost: Free trial available; pricing not publicly listed for paid tiers.
Model: Advantage

Change history

Oct 22, 2026announcedversion
Qiskit moved to 2.6.1
2.6.02.6.1
source
Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Quantum resource management
142 tracked143 tracked · +Quantum resource management
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Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Transpilation Optimization, Execution with Primitives
143 tracked145 tracked · +Transpilation Optimization, Execution with Primitives
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Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Circuit optimization & transpilation, Quantum-classical orchestration, HPC workload management / Slurm plugin
145 tracked150 tracked · +Circuit optimization & transpilation, Quantum-classical orchestration, HPC workload management / Slurm plugin, Qiskit Functions Catalog, C API / Rust integration
source
Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: circuit transpiler optimization
150 tracked151 tracked · +circuit transpiler optimization
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Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum transpiler
151 tracked152 tracked · +quantum transpiler
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Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: benchmark performance
152 tracked153 tracked · +benchmark performance
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Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Quantum simulation
153 tracked154 tracked · +Quantum simulation
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Oct 22, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Quantum circuit transpiler, HPC plugins
155 tracked157 tracked · +Quantum circuit transpiler, HPC plugins
source
Oct 16, 2026announcedversion
Qiskit moved to 2.6.0
2.5.22.6.0
source
Oct 16, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: HPC Workload Orchestration, Visualizations
135 tracked137 tracked · +HPC Workload Orchestration, Visualizations
source
Oct 16, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: QPY Serialization, Quantum Simulation
137 tracked139 tracked · +QPY Serialization, Quantum Simulation
source
Oct 16, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Qiskit serverless, Python SDK
139 tracked141 tracked · +Qiskit serverless, Python SDK
source
Oct 16, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: SDK transpiler optimization
141 tracked142 tracked · +SDK transpiler optimization
source
Aug 13, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Optimization (transpilation), Execution (IBM Quantum primitives), Post-processing (Qiskit addons)
99 tracked102 tracked · +Optimization (transpilation), Execution (IBM Quantum primitives), Post-processing (Qiskit addons)
source
Aug 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Quantum circuit building, Quantum execution and primitives, Quantum information science tools
268
source
Aug 6, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Transpilation & Optimization, Error mitigation, Execution on quantum hardware
227
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Aug 5, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Transpilation and optimization, Error mitigation and suppression, Algorithm development
187
source
Aug 4, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Circuit building, Transpiler optimization, Error mitigation & suppression
118
source
Aug 3, 2026first seenversion
Qiskit moved to 2.5.1
2.x2.5.1
source
Aug 3, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: quantum circuit building, transpilation and optimization, error mitigation and suppression
47
source
Jul 23, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum circuits, transpiler, error mitigation
31 tracked37 tracked · +quantum circuits, transpiler, error mitigation, primitives, Benchpress, C API
source
Jul 23, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Quantum SDK, Quantum Circuits, Transpiler
37 tracked43 tracked · +Quantum SDK, Quantum Circuits, Transpiler, Error Mitigation, Execution Primitives, Quantum Hardware Plugins
source
Jul 23, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: visualization, benchpress toolkit, qiskit addons
48 tracked51 tracked · +visualization, benchpress toolkit, qiskit addons
source
Jul 23, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: transpilation optimization, execution primitives, quantum-classical orchestration
43 tracked48 tracked · +transpilation optimization, execution primitives, quantum-classical orchestration, quantum serverless, quantum addons
source
Jul 23, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum information science, orchestration plugins
55 tracked57 tracked · +quantum information science, orchestration plugins
source
Jul 23, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: circuit building, transpilation, quantum simulation
51 tracked55 tracked · +circuit building, transpilation, quantum simulation, qiskit serverless
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedversion
Qiskit moved to 2.5.2
2.5.12.5.2
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum circuit design, quantum simulator, slurm plugin
57 tracked60 tracked · +quantum circuit design, quantum simulator, slurm plugin
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Execution primitives, Visualization
65 tracked67 tracked · +Execution primitives, Visualization
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Optimization, Execution
67 tracked69 tracked · +Optimization, Execution
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum SDK, transpiler optimization, quantum plugins
62 tracked65 tracked · +quantum SDK, transpiler optimization, quantum plugins
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Slurm plugin
75 tracked76 tracked · +Slurm plugin
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum execution
69 tracked70 tracked · +quantum execution
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: visualize circuits
76 tracked77 tracked · +visualize circuits
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Transpilation, Heterogeneous Orchestration, Slurm Plugin
70 tracked74 tracked · +Transpilation, Heterogeneous Orchestration, Slurm Plugin, Qiskit Functions
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Quantum orchestration
74 tracked75 tracked · +Quantum orchestration
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Post-processing addons, Benchpress toolkit
108 tracked110 tracked · +Post-processing addons, Benchpress toolkit
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Optimization (Transpiler), Execution (Primitives), Post-processing (Addons)
77 tracked80 tracked · +Optimization (Transpiler), Execution (Primitives), Post-processing (Addons)
source
Jul 14, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: quantum visualization, quantum machine learning, optimization
80 tracked83 tracked · +quantum visualization, quantum machine learning, optimization
source

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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/qiskit

APA

Tomorrow. (2026). Qiskit — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/qiskit

BibTeX

@misc{tomorrow-tools-qiskit,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Qiskit — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/qiskit}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}