Alice & Bob
Cat-qubit approach to hardware-level error protection.
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Alice & Bob vs IonQ Forte
Alice & Bob (Alice & Bob) and IonQ Forte (IonQ) both sit in Quantum. IonQ Forte shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (4 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Alice & Bob Alice & Bob | IonQ Forte IonQ |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Boson 4 | Forte |
| Entry cost | Cloud + partnerships | Free cloud account available for managing keys, simulator access, and tracking jobs; contact IonQ for hardware pricing. |
| Pricing tiers | — | Free Cloud Account free |
| Model stack | cat qubit | Forte · Forte QPU · IonQ Forte · IonQ Forte QPU |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 4 |
| Origin | EU | Global |
| Capabilities | Cat qubits, Bit-flip protection, Roadmap to 100 logical | 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 |
IonQ Forte
Forte and Forte Enterprise systems available through Braket, Azure and IonQ Cloud.
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