Azure Quantum
Hardware from Quantinuum, IonQ and Pasqal with the Q# and resource estimator toolchain.
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Azure Quantum vs Google Quantum AI
Azure Quantum (Microsoft) and Google Quantum AI (Google) both sit in Quantum. Google Quantum AI shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (7 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Azure Quantum Microsoft | Google Quantum AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Azure Quantum | Cirq |
| Entry cost | Free tier/credits available; paid usage determined by Microsoft partners who define and control hardware pricing. | Free and open-source software (Cirq) |
| Pricing tiers | Free account / Explore today free | Cirq Open Source Library free |
| Model stack | Majorana 1 · Q# · Quantinuum / IonQ / Pasqal | Cirq · Willow · Willow QPU |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 3 | 7 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Quantinuum + IonQ + Pasqal backends, resource estimator, Q# and Python, Q# programming language, Quantum Development Kit (QDK), Resource Estimator, Copilot for coding, Hybrid quantum computing | 105 physical qubits, below-threshold error correction, Cirq toolchain, Quantum programming framework, Quantum circuit simulation, Noise modeling and experiments, Quantum Virtual Machine, Open source Python library |
Google Quantum AI
Below-threshold error correction demonstrated on the 105-qubit Willow chip.
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