Microsoft Azure Quantum · Pricing Plans

Microsoft Quantum Plans Pricing

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.

Microsoft Quantum Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Microsoft Azure Quantum on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Plans shape.

It defines 9 plans, covering credit, usage-based, subscription, and passthrough tiers, with named plans including Azure Quantum Credits, IonQ — Pay As You Go, IonQ — Aria-Forte Monthly Subscription, Quantinuum — Standard Subscription, Quantinuum — Premium Subscription, and 4 more.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every figure as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Quantum, Quantum Computing, Azure, and Marketplace Pricing.

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Method: generated, dated 2026-05-25.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-25 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every figure as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Plans

Azure Quantum Credits credit

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.

Initial provider credits (USD · per-workspace) 0.00 USD
IonQ — Pay As You Go usage-based

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.

IonQ Aria 1 — 1-qubit gate shot (gate-shot · usage) 0.000220 USD
IonQ Aria 1 — 2-qubit gate shot (gate-shot · usage) 0.000975 USD
IonQ Aria 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation on) (program · usage) 97.50 USD
IonQ Aria 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation off) (program · usage) 12.4166 USD
IonQ Forte 1 — 1-qubit gate shot (gate-shot · usage) 0.0001645 USD
IonQ Forte 1 — 2-qubit gate shot (gate-shot · usage) 0.001121 USD
IonQ Forte 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation on) (program · usage) 168.195 USD
IonQ Forte 1 — Minimum per program (error mitigation off) (program · usage) 25.7899 USD
IonQ simulator (usage · usage) 0.00 USD
IonQ — Aria-Forte Monthly Subscription subscription

USD 25,000/month subscription for access to IonQ Aria 1, Forte 1, Forte Enterprise 1, and simulator. Overage billed pay-as-you-go.

Monthly subscription (subscription · month) 25000.00 USD
Quantinuum — Standard Subscription subscription

USD 125,000/month subscription. 10k HQCs on Quantinuum System Model H2 plus 100k eHQCs on H2 emulators.

Monthly subscription (subscription · month) 125000.00 USD
HQC allocation (hqc · month) 0.00 USD
eHQC allocation (ehqc · month) 0.00 USD
Quantinuum — Premium Subscription subscription

USD 175,000/month subscription. 17k HQCs on Quantinuum System Model H2 plus 170k eHQCs on H2 emulators.

Monthly subscription (subscription · month) 175000.00 USD
HQC allocation (hqc · month) 0.00 USD
eHQC allocation (ehqc · month) 0.00 USD
Quantinuum — Pay As You Go usage-based

Per-HQC consumption pricing for Quantinuum System Model H2 and emulator. Contact Sales@Quantinuum.com for current per-HQC rate.

HQC usage (hqc · usage) contact-sales USD
Pasqal — Pay As You Go usage-based

Pasqal FRESNEL/FRESNEL_CAN1 QPUs and EMU-MPS/EMU-SV emulators billed by QPU/emulator execution time.

QPU-hour (hour · usage) 3000.00 EUR
Emulator-hour (hour · usage) 15.00 EUR
Rigetti — Pay As You Go usage-based

Rigetti Cepheus-1-108Q billed by job execution time. The Quantum Virtual Machine (QVM) simulator is free.

Job execution (10ms · usage) 0.02 USD
QVM simulator (usage · usage) 0.00 USD
Azure Storage Infrastructure passthrough

Underlying Azure Blob Storage charges for job input/output payloads. Standard Azure Storage pricing applies per region.

Azure Blob Storage (GB · month) see-azure-storage-pricing USD

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