IBM Quantum Platform
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
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IBM Quantum Platform vs Amazon Braket
IBM Quantum Platform (IBM) and Amazon Braket (AWS) both sit in Quantum. Amazon Braket is the cheaper entry point at Pay-as-you-go pricing based on tasks/shots or reservations. Free local simulator in the SDK.. IBM Quantum Platform shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | IBM Quantum Platform IBM | Amazon Braket AWS |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Qiskit SDK | Braket SDK |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $5,760/min | Pay-as-you-go pricing based on tasks/shots or reservations. Free local simulator in the SDK. |
| Pricing tiers | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $5760 · Flex Plan $28800 · Premium Plan $249600 · On-Prem Plan free | On-Demand Usage / Local Simulator free |
| Model stack | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processors · Heron r2 QPU · IBM Quantum Fleet (100+ qubit processors) · Qiskit Runtime · Qiskit SDK | 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 |
| Context window | 5000 two-qubit gates | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 17 | 6 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 156-qubit Heron r2, Qiskit Runtime primitives, dynamic circuits, error mitigation, Quantum computer access, Qiskit Runtime, Qiskit Functions catalog, Error mitigation | multi-vendor hardware, managed notebooks, hybrid jobs, Direct Reservations, Quantum circuit simulators, Jupyter notebook development environments, Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, Braket SDK |
Amazon Braket
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
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