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| description | Learn about the different pricing plans for Azure Quantum providers, including IonQ, Pasqal, Quantinuum, and Rigetti. | ||
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| ms.date | 09/17/2025 | ||
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| title | Pricing Plans for Azure Quantum Providers | ||
| uid | microsoft.quantum.providers-pricing |
In Azure Quantum, hardware and software providers define and control the pricing of their offerings. The information in this article is subject to change by providers and some delays in reflecting latest pricing information may exist. Be sure to verify the latest pricing information from the Azure Quantum workspace that you're using.
IonQ charges based on a token pricing model which billing unit is the Azure Quantum Token (AQT). This model is specific to Azure Quantum. The number of Azure Quantum Tokens is calculated by the following formula:
where:
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$AQT$ is the number of Azure Quantum Tokens consumed by the program -
$m$ is the minimum price per program execution, which is USD97.50 if error mitigation is on and USD12.4166 if error mitigation is off - The units
$N_{1q} · C$ and$N_{2q} · C$ are called gate-shots, where$N_{1q}$ and$N_{2q}$ are the number of one- and two-qubit gates submitted, respectively, and$C$ is the number of execution shots
Multi-controlled two-qubit gates are billed as
IonQ offers a pay-as-you-go plan and a monthly subscription plan with access to the quantum simulator, the Aria 1 25-qubit quantum computers, and IonQ Forte 1 and Forte Enterprise 1 36-qubit quantum computers.
The Pay-as-you-go plan consists of a la carte access to the IonQ Aria 1 25-qubit, IonQ Forte 1 and Forte Enterprise 1 36-qubit quantum computers, and the IonQ simulator. The use of the quantum computers is charged based on the number of AQTs + Azure infrastructure costs.
| Includes access to | Pricing |
|---|---|
| IonQ simulator | Free of charge |
| IonQ Aria 1 |
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| IonQ Forte 1 |
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| IonQ Forte Enterprise 1 |
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For more information about Azure infrastructure costs, see Azure Blob Storage pricing.
Note
If you are an existing research grant or a Pay-as-you-go customer, you may see another billing unit in addition to AQT, called Quantum Gate-Shots (QGS). The QGS units are equivalent to AQT units. The number of QGS is calculated by the following formula:
$$ QGS = N · C $$ where:
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$QGS$ is the number of quantum gate-shots -
$N$ is the number of one- or two-qubit gates submitted -
$C$ is the number of execution shots
The Aria plan is a monthly subscription plan with access to the IonQ Aria 1 25-qubit, IonQ Forte 1 and Forte Enterprise 1 36-qubit quantum computers, and the IonQ simulator. The Aria-Forte plan consists of USD25,000/Month + Azure infrastructure costs.
| Includes access to | Pricing |
|---|---|
| IonQ simulator | Free of charge |
| IonQ Aria 1 |
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| IonQ Forte 1 |
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| IonQ Forte Enterprise 1 |
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Note
Once you have consumed the equivalent cost of the monthly subscription, any overspending is charged as a pay-as-you-go plan.
For more information about Azure infrastructure costs, see Azure Blob Storage pricing.
Pasqal charges for job execution time on its quantum processor - the 100-qubit Orion Beta generation called Fresnel - and its state-of-the-art emulators - EMU-MPS and EMU-SV.
Pasqal offers one billing plan: Pay As You Go.
In the Pay-as-you-go plan the usage is charged based on the job execution time only.
| Pricing | Includes access to |
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For more information about Azure infrastructure costs, see Azure Blob Storage pricing.
Quantinuum uses a system that charges each job depending on the number of operations in the job, and the number of shots you run. The usage units defined by Quantinuum areHardware Quantum Credits (HQCs) for jobs submitted to quantum computers and emulator HQCs (eHQCs) for jobs submitted to emulators.
HQCs and eHQCs are used to calculate the cost of running a job, and they are calculated based on the following formula:
where:
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$N_{1q}$ is the number of single-qubit operations in a circuit. -
$N_{2q}$ is the number of native two-qubit operations in a circuit. Native gate is equivalent to CNOT up to several single-qubit gates. -
$N_{m}$ is the number of state preparation and measurement (SPAM) operations in a circuit including initial implicit state preparation and any intermediate and final measurements and state resets. -
$C$ is the shot count.
To learn more about Quantinuum, visit the Quantinuum provider page.
Quantinuum provides two subscription plans: Standard and Premium. Quantinuum also offers a Pay as You Go offering.
Subscriptions are monthly subscription plans available through queued access.
| Plans and Pricing | Includes access to |
|---|---|
| Standard Plan: USD125,000/Month + Azure infrastructure costs |
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| Premium Plan: USD175,000/Month + Azure infrastructure costs |
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For more information about Azure infrastructure costs, see Azure Blob Storage pricing.
The Pay as You Go plan provides queued access to the H2 series quantum computers and is charged per HQC usage. To get additional information on Pay as You Go pricing please contact Quantinuum sales at Sales@Quantinuum.com.
| PAYG Pricing | Includes access to |
|---|---|
| System Model H2 Per HQC usage + Azure infrastructure costs |
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For more information about Azure infrastructure costs, see Azure Blob Storage pricing.
Rigetti charges for job execution time on their quantum processors. There's no added charge per job, per shot, or per gate. The Quantum Virtual Machine (QVM) simulator is free for all users under all plans.
Rigetti offers one billing plan: Pay As You Go.
The Pay-as-you-go plan consists of a la carte access to Rigetti QPUs. The usage is charged based on the job execution time only.
| Pricing | Includes access to |
|---|---|
| USD 0.02 per 10-millisecond increment of job execution time | Rigetti Cepheus-1-108Q |
Note
If you have questions or run into any issue using Azure Quantum, you can contact AzureQuantumInfo@microsoft.com.
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