IBM Quantum Platform
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
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IBM Quantum Platform vs Google Quantum AI
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 software (Cirq). IBM Quantum Platform shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (13 vs 7). 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 | Cirq |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $2,880/min | Free and open-source software (Cirq) |
| Pricing tiers | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $5760 · Flex Plan $4320 · Premium Plan $2880 | Cirq Open Source Library free |
| Model stack | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processing units (QPUs) · IBM Quantum fleet (100+ qubit processors) | Cirq · Willow · Willow QPU |
| Context window | 5000 two-qubit gates | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 13 | 7 |
| 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 |
Google Quantum AI
Below-threshold error correction demonstrated on the 105-qubit Willow chip.
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