IBM Quantum Platform
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
Full IBM Quantum Platform record →Head to head
IBM Quantum Platform (IBM) and Google Quantum AI (Google) both sit in Quantum. Google Quantum AI is the cheaper entry point at Free and open source Python software library (Cirq). IBM Quantum Platform shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 9). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | IBM Quantum Platform IBM | Google Quantum AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Qiskit SDK | Cirq |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $5,760/min | Free and open source Python software library (Cirq) |
| Pricing tiers | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $5760 · Flex Plan $28800 · Premium Plan $249600 · On-Prem Plan free | Open Source / Free free |
| Model stack | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processors · Heron r2 QPU · IBM Quantum Fleet (100+ qubit processors) · Qiskit Runtime · Qiskit SDK | Cirq · Willow · Willow QPU |
| Context window | 5000 two-qubit gates | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 17 | 9 |
| 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 | 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 |
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
Full IBM Quantum Platform record →Below-threshold error correction demonstrated on the 105-qubit Willow chip.
Full Google Quantum AI record →