Amazon Braket
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
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Amazon Braket vs IBM Quantum Platform
Amazon Braket (AWS) and IBM Quantum Platform (IBM) 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.. IBM Quantum Platform shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (14 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Amazon Braket AWS | IBM Quantum Platform IBM |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Braket SDK | IBM Quantum Platform |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go. Local simulator is free; quantum processors and managed simulators billed per shot, task, or minute. | Free tier · from $96/min |
| Pricing tiers | Local Simulator free | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $96 |
| 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 | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processors · Heron r2 QPU · IBM Quantum Fleet (100+ qubit processors) · Qiskit Runtime · Qiskit SDK |
| Context window | — | 5000 two-qubit gates |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 4 | 14 |
| 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 | 156-qubit Heron r2, Qiskit Runtime primitives, dynamic circuits, error mitigation, Quantum computer access, Qiskit Runtime, Qiskit Functions catalog, Error mitigation |
IBM Quantum Platform
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
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