Amazon Braket
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
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Amazon Braket vs D-Wave Leap
Amazon Braket (AWS) and D-Wave Leap (D-Wave) both sit in Quantum. Amazon Braket is the cheaper entry point at Pay-as-you-go. Local simulator is free; quantum processors and managed simulators billed per shot, task, or minute.. D-Wave Leap shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Amazon Braket AWS | D-Wave Leap D-Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Braket SDK | Advantage2 |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go. Local simulator is free; quantum processors and managed simulators billed per shot, task, or minute. | Free tier · from $2,000/unit |
| Pricing tiers | Local Simulator free | Free Trial 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 | Advantage · Advantage2 · hybrid solvers |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 4 | 6 |
| 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 | 4,400+ qubit annealer, hybrid nonlinear solver, real-time access, Real-time quantum access, Quantum-classical hybrid solvers, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, 99.9% uptime and availability, Codespaces and devcontainers support |
D-Wave Leap
Advantage2 annealer plus hybrid solvers aimed at optimisation workloads.
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