IBM Quantum Platform
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
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IBM Quantum Platform vs Azure Quantum
IBM Quantum Platform (IBM) and Azure Quantum (Microsoft) both sit in Quantum. Azure Quantum is the cheaper entry point at Free tier/options available. Pay-as-you-go billing varies by quantum hardware provider.. IBM Quantum Platform shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 5). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | IBM Quantum Platform IBM | Azure Quantum Microsoft |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Qiskit SDK | GA |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $5,760/min | Free tier/options available. Pay-as-you-go billing varies by quantum hardware provider. |
| Pricing tiers | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $5760 · Flex Plan $28800 · Premium Plan $249600 · On-Prem Plan free | Azure Free Account / Free Tier free |
| Model stack | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processors · Heron r2 QPU · IBM Quantum Fleet (100+ qubit processors) · Qiskit Runtime · Qiskit SDK | Majorana 1 · Q# · Quantinuum / IonQ / Pasqal |
| Context window | 5000 two-qubit gates | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 17 | 5 |
| 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 | Quantinuum + IonQ + Pasqal backends, resource estimator, Q# and Python, Q# programming language, Quantum Development Kit (QDK), Resource Estimator, Copilot for coding, Hybrid quantum computing |
Azure Quantum
Hardware from Quantinuum, IonQ and Pasqal with the Q# and resource estimator toolchain.
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