Ibm Quantum Plans Pricing
Reconciled IBM Quantum Platform access plans. Sources: quantum.cloud.ibm.com plan overview, ibm.com/quantum/pricing, IBM Quantum Flex Plan announcement.
Ibm Quantum Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for ibm-quantum on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 5 plans, covering free, usage-based, prepaid, subscription, and enterprise tiers, with named plans including Open Plan, Pay-As-You-Go, Flex Plan, Premium Plan, On-Premises.
Tagged areas include Quantum Computing, IBM Quantum, Qiskit, and Qiskit Runtime.
Plans
Free access for those learning quantum computing and exploring IBM quantum technology.
- Access to IBM Quantum hardware (100+ qubit QPUs)
- Qiskit SDK and Qiskit Runtime primitives
- Qiskit Composer graphical circuit builder
- Documentation, tutorials, learning resources
- Up to 10 execution minutes per 28-day rolling window
Per-second metered access for quantum utility research projects and business model testing.
- Per-second billing in arrears
- No minimum commitment
- Access to IBM Quantum QPUs and simulators
- Qiskit Runtime Sampler and Estimator primitives
- Standard error mitigation features
Pre-purchased minutes giving Premium-level access without a full Premium subscription. Designed for project-based research between Pay-As-You-Go and Premium scale.
- Pre-purchased minutes usable within one year
- Premium-level access to IBM Quantum systems
- Allocate minutes across instances
- Qiskit Functions and Qiskit Transpiler as a Service access
- Minimum $30,000 commitment, $72 per compute minute
Annual enterprise subscription for executing a strategic quantum roadmap at scale.
- Largest reserved access to IBM Quantum systems
- Qiskit Functions
- Qiskit Transpiler as a Service
- Priority queueing and reserved capacity
- Multi-instance and multi-team allocation
Dedicated on-premises IBM Quantum system serviced and maintained by IBM Quantum, for organizations needing maximum control over resources and data.
- Fully dedicated quantum system on customer premises
- IBM-managed installation and maintenance
- Full data sovereignty
- Tailored hardware roadmap
Sources
- https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/guides/plans-overview
- https://www.ibm.com/quantum/pricing
- https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/flex-plan
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