specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Microsoft Azure Quantum
providerId: microsoft-quantum
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Quantum
  - Quantum Computing
  - Azure
  - Marketplace Pricing
description: >-
  Reconciled plans and per-provider pricing for Microsoft Azure Quantum. Pricing
  is defined and controlled by each hardware provider via the Azure Marketplace;
  Microsoft charges only the underlying Azure storage / infrastructure costs on
  top of provider charges. Source: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing.
sources:
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/credits
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qc-target-list
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-job-cost-billing
plans:
  - id: azure-quantum-credits
    name: Azure Quantum Credits
    type: credit
    description: USD 500 in free Azure Quantum Credits per provider on workspace creation. Apply to most providers' QPUs and emulators. Additional credit grants available via the research grant program.
    entries:
      - label: Initial provider credits
        name: credits
        type: credit
        metric: USD
        limit: 500
        timeFrame: per-workspace
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: ionq-pay-as-you-go
    name: IonQ — Pay As You Go
    type: usage-based
    description: A la carte access to IonQ Aria 1, Forte 1, Forte Enterprise 1, and the IonQ simulator. Billed in Azure Quantum Tokens (AQT) plus Azure storage infrastructure.
    entries:
      - label: IonQ Aria 1 — 1-qubit gate shot
        name: ionq_aria_1q
        type: metered
        metric: gate-shot
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.000220'
      - label: IonQ Aria 1 — 2-qubit gate shot
        name: ionq_aria_2q
        type: metered
        metric: gate-shot
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.000975'
      - label: IonQ Aria 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation on)
        name: ionq_aria_min_emit_on
        type: minimum
        metric: program
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '97.50'
      - label: IonQ Aria 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation off)
        name: ionq_aria_min_emit_off
        type: minimum
        metric: program
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '12.4166'
      - label: IonQ Forte 1 — 1-qubit gate shot
        name: ionq_forte_1q
        type: metered
        metric: gate-shot
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0001645'
      - label: IonQ Forte 1 — 2-qubit gate shot
        name: ionq_forte_2q
        type: metered
        metric: gate-shot
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.001121'
      - label: IonQ Forte 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation on)
        name: ionq_forte_min_emit_on
        type: minimum
        metric: program
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '168.195'
      - label: IonQ Forte 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation off)
        name: ionq_forte_min_emit_off
        type: minimum
        metric: program
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '25.7899'
      - label: IonQ simulator
        name: ionq_simulator
        type: included
        metric: usage
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
  - id: ionq-aria-forte
    name: IonQ — Aria-Forte Monthly Subscription
    type: subscription
    description: USD 25,000/month subscription for access to IonQ Aria 1, Forte 1, Forte Enterprise 1, and simulator. Overage billed pay-as-you-go.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: ionq_subscription
        type: flat
        metric: subscription
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '25000.00'
  - id: quantinuum-standard
    name: Quantinuum — Standard Subscription
    type: subscription
    description: USD 125,000/month subscription. 10k HQCs on Quantinuum System Model H2 plus 100k eHQCs on H2 emulators.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: quantinuum_standard_sub
        type: flat
        metric: subscription
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '125000.00'
      - label: HQC allocation
        name: hqc_alloc
        type: included
        metric: hqc
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        limit: 10000
        price: '0.00'
      - label: eHQC allocation
        name: ehqc_alloc
        type: included
        metric: ehqc
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        limit: 100000
        price: '0.00'
  - id: quantinuum-premium
    name: Quantinuum — Premium Subscription
    type: subscription
    description: USD 175,000/month subscription. 17k HQCs on Quantinuum System Model H2 plus 170k eHQCs on H2 emulators.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: quantinuum_premium_sub
        type: flat
        metric: subscription
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '175000.00'
      - label: HQC allocation
        name: hqc_alloc
        type: included
        metric: hqc
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        limit: 17000
        price: '0.00'
      - label: eHQC allocation
        name: ehqc_alloc
        type: included
        metric: ehqc
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        limit: 170000
        price: '0.00'
  - id: quantinuum-payg
    name: Quantinuum — Pay As You Go
    type: usage-based
    description: Per-HQC consumption pricing for Quantinuum System Model H2 and emulator. Contact Sales@Quantinuum.com for current per-HQC rate.
    entries:
      - label: HQC usage
        name: hqc_usage
        type: metered
        metric: hqc
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'contact-sales'
  - id: pasqal-payg
    name: Pasqal — Pay As You Go
    type: usage-based
    description: Pasqal FRESNEL/FRESNEL_CAN1 QPUs and EMU-MPS/EMU-SV emulators billed by QPU/emulator execution time.
    entries:
      - label: QPU-hour
        name: pasqal_qpu_hour
        type: metered
        metric: hour
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        currency: EUR
        price: '3000.00'
      - label: Emulator-hour
        name: pasqal_emulator_hour
        type: metered
        metric: hour
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        currency: EUR
        price: '15.00'
  - id: rigetti-payg
    name: Rigetti — Pay As You Go
    type: usage-based
    description: Rigetti Cepheus-1-108Q billed by job execution time. The Quantum Virtual Machine (QVM) simulator is free.
    entries:
      - label: Job execution
        name: rigetti_execution
        type: metered
        metric: 10ms
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.02'
      - label: QVM simulator
        name: rigetti_qvm
        type: included
        metric: usage
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
  - id: azure-infrastructure
    name: Azure Storage Infrastructure
    type: passthrough
    description: Underlying Azure Blob Storage charges for job input/output payloads. Standard Azure Storage pricing applies per region.
    entries:
      - label: Azure Blob Storage
        name: azure_blob
        type: passthrough
        metric: GB
        timeFrame: month
        geo: per-region
        unit: 1
        price: 'see-azure-storage-pricing'
deprecated:
  - name: Microsoft QIO / 1QBit Optimization
    note: Quantum-inspired optimization solutions retired from Azure Quantum on 2023-06-30.
  - name: Microsoft Azure Quantum (legacy regions)
    note: Some legacy Azure Quantum regions and providers have been retired; see provider-global-availability for current support.