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 (6 vs 5). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Amazon Braket AWS | Azure Quantum Microsoft |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Braket SDK | GA |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go pricing based on tasks/shots or reservations. Free local simulator in the SDK. | Free tier/options available. Pay-as-you-go billing varies by quantum hardware provider. |
| Pricing tiers | On-Demand Usage / Local Simulator free | Azure Free Account / Free Tier free |
| Model stack | AQT IBEX-Q1 · Aquila · Braket SDK · Cepheus · Emerald · Forte · Garnet · IBEX-Q1 · 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 | 6 | 5 |
| 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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