IonQ Forte
Forte and Forte Enterprise systems available through Braket, Azure and IonQ Cloud.
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IonQ Forte vs Azure Quantum
IonQ Forte (IonQ) and Azure Quantum (Microsoft) both sit in Quantum. Azure Quantum shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | IonQ Forte IonQ | Azure Quantum Microsoft |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Forte | GA |
| Entry cost | Free cloud account available for managing keys, simulator access, and tracking jobs; contact IonQ for hardware pricing. | Free tier / free trial options available, or pay-as-you-go. |
| Pricing tiers | Free Cloud Account free | Free Trial / Free Account free · Pay as you go free |
| Model stack | Forte · Forte QPU · IonQ Forte · IonQ Forte QPU | Majorana 1 · Q# · Quantinuum / IonQ / Pasqal |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 4 | 5 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 36 algorithmic qubits, cloud + on-prem systems, native gate access, Trapped ion quantum computing, IonQ Quantum Cloud access, Forte noise model simulator, Qiskit integration, Cirq integration | 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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