Run qBraid Circuits on Real Quantum Hardware
Change one line in your qBraid code and run on real QPUs from IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, and AQT, with free and subsidized compute. Up and running in under a minute.
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Open Quantum is now built into qBraid Lab
Quantum Rings and qBraid have partnered to bring Open Quantum to qBraid Lab, giving qBraid's community free and subsidized access to real QPUs from IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, and AQT, straight from the tools they already use.
Free and subsidized compute
$50 in free credits on every account, plus a low-cost public tier. No credit card to start.
No new code to learn
Your existing qBraid circuits and notebooks work as-is. Change one line to pick a real QPU.
Run where you already work
From a qBraid Lab notebook or your own editor. Open Quantum handles the rest.
Kanav Setia, CEO of qBraid (left), and Bob Wold, CEO of Quantum Rings
“The next big quantum breakthrough could come from a student or a developer who's never had a way onto real hardware. Until now.”
Bob Wold, CEO, Quantum Rings
Up and running in 3 steps
Connect your accounts
Link qBraid and Open Quantum once, from your qBraid profile. It stays linked.
Write with qBraid
Use qBraid Lab or the SDK as usual. Your existing circuits and notebooks just work.
Run on a real QPU
Pick IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, or AQT and run. Billed to your Open Quantum credits.
Image courtesy of qBraid
One line to a real QPU
Point the qBraid runtime at an Open Quantum backend and run a Bell state on real hardware. The same code runs in a qBraid Lab notebook or your own editor.
from qbraid.runtime import QbraidProvider
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
# Your qBraid API key (auto-detected inside qBraid Lab)
provider = QbraidProvider(api_key="YOUR_QBRAID_API_KEY")
# Target an Open Quantum backend
device = provider.get_device("openquantum:iqm:qpu:garnet")
# Build a Bell state with standard Qiskit
circuit = QuantumCircuit(2, 2)
circuit.h(0)
circuit.cx(0, 1)
circuit.measure([0, 1], [0, 1])
# Run on real quantum hardware
job = device.run(circuit, shots=100)
result = job.result()
print(result.data.get_counts())“Bringing Open Quantum onto the platform gives our community new opportunities to access low-cost quantum compute.”
Kanav Setia, CEO, qBraid
Real QPUs, one interface
Trapped-ion and superconducting hardware from IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, and AQT. Switch between them with a single device id.
| QPU | Qubits | Technology | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| IonQ Forte-1 | 36 qubits | Trapped Ion | Learn more |
| Rigetti Cepheus-1 | 108 qubits | Superconducting | Learn more |
| IQM Emerald | 54 qubits | Superconducting | Learn more |
| IQM Garnet | 20 qubits | Superconducting | Learn more |
| AQT Ibex-Q1 | 12 qubits | Trapped Ion | Learn more |