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US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment, or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
Azure Quantum offers a range of quantum solutions offered by Microsoft and its partners. Microsoft partners define and control the pricing of the solutions they make available. You can review a detailed list of the available plans and pricing for all partners in Azure Quantum documentation pricing page.
Microsoft QIO Solvers
Microsoft QIO solvers are offered in two tiers, without any minimum commitment, and allow you to scale as demand and the complexity of your problems grow.
SKU Quota per month |
SOLVERS | PERFORMANCE |
PRICE (GLOBAL) Price per compute hour, billed per second |
---|---|---|---|
Learn & Develop 1/20 hours of compute (default/max) |
Simulated annealing Simulated annealing (Parameter-free) Parallel tempering Parallel tempering (Parameter-free) Quantum Monte Carlo Tabu search |
Up to 5 concurrent jobs |
0-1 hour - Free
1-20 hours - $-/hour |
Performance at scale 1,000 hours of compute (default) 50,000 hour of compute (max) |
Simulated annealing Simulated annealing (Parameter-free) Parallel tempering Parallel tempering (Parameter-free) Quantum Monte Carlo Tabu search |
Up to 100 concurrent jobs |
0-1 hour - Free
1-100 hours - $-/hour 100-500 hours - $-/hour 500-1,000 hours - $-/hour > 1,000 hours - $-/hour |
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