Apps
10 apps for quantum technology companies: quantum computer makers (superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, photonic, spin and topological), quantum software and algorithms, quantum cloud access, quantum sensing and metrology, quantum networking and QKD, post-quantum cryptography vendors, cryogenics, lasers, control electronics and other component suppliers, and quantum consulting and training. Prices come from each vendor site.
Amazon Braket
AWS service for running circuits on IonQ, IQM, Rigetti, QuEra and AQT quantum hardware plus simulators.
$0.30 per task plus per-shot fee by QPU; reserved hourly pricing available
Azure Quantum
Microsoft's quantum cloud with IonQ, Pasqal, Quantinuum and Rigetti hardware through one workspace.
Provider-specific billing: per gate-shot, per QPU-hour, per HQC or per execution time
Cirq
Google Quantum AI's open-source Python framework for writing and running NISQ-era circuits.
Free, open source (Apache 2.0)
Classiq
Quantum software platform that synthesizes circuits from high-level functional models.
Free tier; enterprise plans quoted
IBM Quantum Platform
Cloud access to IBM's fleet of 100+ qubit superconducting quantum computers, with a free Open Plan.
Free Open Plan (10 min/month); paid plans from $96/minute of QPU time
PennyLane
Xanadu's open-source framework for quantum machine learning, chemistry and differentiable quantum programming.
Free, open source (Apache 2.0)
Qiskit
IBM's open-source Python SDK for building and running quantum circuits on simulators and real hardware.
Free, open source (Apache 2.0)
Quirk
Free browser-based quantum circuit simulator that shows state as you drag gates onto a grid.
Free, open source
Strangeworks
Quantum computing platform company offering tools, compute access and enterprise services.
Free tier and trials; enterprise packages quoted
qBraid
Cloud platform and SDK that runs one program across quantum devices from many providers.
Free tier; paid plans for heavier compute
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