Amazon Braket
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
Full Amazon Braket record →Head to head
Amazon Braket (AWS) and IonQ Forte (IonQ) both sit in Quantum. Amazon Braket shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Amazon Braket AWS | IonQ Forte IonQ |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Amazon Braket | Forte |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go pricing based on quantum resources (tasks/shots), classical resources, or reservation rates; free local simulator available. | Pricing is not published. Sign up for a free account to access simulators and manage API keys; hardware/QPU access is paid. |
| Pricing tiers | Pay-as-you-go / Local Simulator free | IonQ Quantum Cloud Free Account 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 | Forte · Forte QPU · IonQ Forte · IonQ Forte QPU |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 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 | 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 |
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
Full Amazon Braket record →Forte and Forte Enterprise systems available through Braket, Azure and IonQ Cloud.
Full IonQ Forte record →