Amazon Braket
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
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Amazon Braket vs Azure Quantum
Amazon Braket (AWS) and Azure Quantum (Microsoft) both sit in Quantum. Amazon Braket shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Amazon Braket AWS | Azure Quantum Microsoft |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Amazon Braket | Azure Quantum |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go pricing based on quantum resources (tasks/shots), classical resources, or reservation rates; free local simulator available. | Free tier/credits available; paid usage determined by Microsoft partners who define and control hardware pricing. |
| Pricing tiers | Pay-as-you-go / Local Simulator free | Free account / Explore today free |
| Model stack | 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 | Majorana 1 · Q# · Quantinuum / IonQ / Pasqal |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 3 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | multi-vendor hardware, managed notebooks, hybrid jobs, Direct Reservations, Quantum circuit simulators, Jupyter notebook development environments, Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, Braket SDK | Quantinuum + IonQ + Pasqal backends, resource estimator, Q# and Python, Q# programming language, Quantum Development Kit (QDK), Resource Estimator, Copilot for coding, Hybrid quantum computing |
Azure Quantum
Hardware from Quantinuum, IonQ and Pasqal with the Q# and resource estimator toolchain.
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