Amazon Braket charges a $0.30 per-task fee on top of provider-specific per-shot costs. This makes Braket economical for high-shot experiments but expensive for many small jobs. Per-shot rates vary significantly: Rigetti at $0.00090/shot vs IonQ at $0.03/shot.
For IonQ circuits, Braket uses per-shot pricing while Azure Quantum and IonQ Direct use the AQT model — the cheapest platform depends on your gate count and shot count.
Amazon Braket Cost Calculator
Calculate Amazon Braket QPU costs across all supported providers and compare with direct platform pricing.
Job Parameters
Execution Config
IonQ Forte 1
- Qubits
- 36
- Type
- gate
- Task fee
- $0.30
- Per shot
- $0.03/shot
- Note
- Trapped ion — all-to-all connectivity
Cost Breakdown
Task fee (1 × $0.30)$0.30
1,000 shots × 1 task × $0.03/shot$30.00
Total Cost$30.30
Per-shot cost: $0.03 per shot (including task fee amortization)
Braket vs. Direct Platform Comparison (IonQ)
Amazon Braket
Per-shot: $0.03/shot + $0.30 task fee
$30.30
1 task, 1,000 shots
Azure Quantum / IonQ DirectCheaper
AQT pricing: 153.92 AQT × $0.00097/AQT (min. $1.00)
$1.00
Save $29.30 on Braket
AQT comparison uses EM OFF base rate ($12.4166). For high gate counts, AQT pricing dominates. Use the AQT Estimator for full AQT breakdown.