Azure Quantum
Hardware from Quantinuum, IonQ and Pasqal with the Q# and resource estimator toolchain.
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Azure Quantum vs Quantinuum Helios
Azure Quantum (Microsoft) and Quantinuum Helios (Quantinuum) both sit in Quantum. Quantinuum Helios shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Azure Quantum Microsoft | Quantinuum Helios Quantinuum |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Azure Quantum | Helios |
| Entry cost | Free tier/credits available; paid usage determined by Microsoft partners who define and control hardware pricing. | Hardware-as-a-service / access via Nexus cloud or on-premise. Pricing is not published (contact sales). |
| Pricing tiers | Free account / Explore today free | — |
| Model stack | Majorana 1 · Q# · Quantinuum / IonQ / Pasqal | Guppy / TKET · Helios · Helios trapped-ion QPU |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 3 | 6 |
| 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 | all-to-all connectivity, 99.9%+ 2Q fidelity, real-time conditional logic, Hardware-as-a-Service, On-premise access, Cloud access, 99.921% Two-qubit gate fidelity, 99.921% two-qubit gate fidelity |
Quantinuum Helios
Highest published two-qubit fidelities, all-to-all connectivity, real-time classical control.
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