specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Rigetti Computing
providerId: rigetti
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Quantum Computing
  - QCS
  - Reservations
  - QPU
description: Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS) commercial offering. Public price points are not posted on the
  Rigetti website at the catalog-line level — pricing is quoted per project, per reservation, or per partner
  agreement. The plans below capture the visible commercial surfaces (QCS reservations, Novera on-prem QPU,
  Quantum Foundry Services, and third-party indirect access via AWS Braket / Azure Quantum).
sources:
  - https://www.rigetti.com/qcs
  - https://www.rigetti.com/novera
  - https://www.rigetti.com/foundry
  - https://docs.api.qcs.rigetti.com/
plans:
  - id: qcs-reservation
    name: QCS Reservation Access
    type: usage-based
    description: Time-boxed exclusive access to a Rigetti QPU via the QCS Reservations API. Reservations are
      billed against a QCS group or user account; pricing is contract-driven and not posted publicly. The QCS
      API exposes balance, invoice, invoice-line, and upcoming-invoice resources to track consumption.
    entries:
      - label: Reservation
        name: reservation
        type: metered
        metric: reservation
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
        userMultiplied: false
        description: Per-reservation pricing — quoted via contract.
  - id: qcs-onboarding
    name: QCS Onboarding
    type: contact
    description: Initial QCS account creation and onboarding through https://www.rigetti.com/get-quantum.
      Access requires account approval; once approved, the user can download a 24-hour OAuth2 access token from
      https://qcs.rigetti.com/auth/token.
    entries:
      - label: Account
        name: account
        type: metered
        metric: user
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: novera-qpu
    name: Novera QPU (On-Premises)
    type: capex
    description: Rigetti's 9-qubit superconducting QPU sold as on-premises hardware with dilution refrigerator
      requirements. Targeted at national labs, universities, and corporate R&D buyers. Capital purchase plus
      service agreement; pricing quoted per customer.
    entries:
      - label: Novera QPU System
        name: novera-system
        type: capex
        metric: system
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: quantum-foundry-services
    name: Quantum Foundry Services
    type: contact
    description: Custom quantum hardware development, fabrication, and co-design engagements at Rigetti's Fab-1
      facility in Fremont, CA. Includes Phasecraft, Oxford Instruments, and government / academic partner
      programs.
    entries:
      - label: Engagement
        name: engagement
        type: metered
        metric: project
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: aws-braket-rigetti
    name: AWS Braket — Rigetti device
    type: usage-based
    description: Indirect QCS access via AWS Braket — Rigetti QPUs are exposed as third-party Braket devices.
      Pricing follows Braket's per-task + per-shot model (see Braket pricing for the active Rigetti device
      family). Customers pay AWS rather than Rigetti directly.
    entries:
      - label: Task
        name: task
        type: metered
        metric: task
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
        description: Per Braket pricing for Rigetti devices.
      - label: Shot
        name: shot
        type: metered
        metric: shot
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
  - id: azure-quantum-rigetti
    name: Microsoft Azure Quantum — Rigetti provider
    type: usage-based
    description: Indirect QCS access via Microsoft Azure Quantum — Rigetti is exposed as an Azure Quantum
      provider. Pricing follows the Azure Quantum plan attached to the customer's Azure subscription. Customers
      pay Microsoft.
    entries:
      - label: QPU usage
        name: qpu-usage
        type: metered
        metric: minute
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
notes: |
  Rigetti does not publish a public per-shot or per-second QPU price card on rigetti.com as of May 2026.
  Commercial reservations are sold per-engagement and tracked via the QCS billing API's invoice and balance
  endpoints. Free credits and academic access are extended via the "Get Quantum" application process.