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Azure Quantum — Pasqal Fresnel

Pasqal Fresnel (Orion Beta generation) · neutral-atom · 100 physical qubits

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Pricing model

EUR 3,000 per QPU-hour, about USD 3,487 at the ECB reference rate of 1.1622 (2026-09-04). Emulator EUR 15/hr. Hardware-only access — the emulator is dramatically cheaper.

1.Representative workload costs

Concrete circuit costs for common workload sizes. Where the pricing model is non-linear (per-program minimums, per-month subscriptions), the table surfaces the floor and break-even points.

Table 1 — Workload cost reference

Workload	Cost (USD)	Note
1 hour Pasqal Fresnel access	$3,487	Premium per-hour rate. Plan workloads carefully. The euro price has not moved; the dollar figure has, because the euro has.
1 hour emulator	$17	200x cheaper for dev / iteration; switch to hardware only for final validation.

2.Structural hardware advantage

100-qubit Pasqal Fresnel neutral-atom system. Orion Beta generation hardware. Programmable analog mode (similar to QuEra) with growing digital-mode support. European-built and operated.

3.Position in the 2026 stack

Production, paradigm-specific. Neutral-atom hardware is the third major production paradigm alongside superconducting and trapped-ion.

4.Best-fit workloads

Quantum simulation of spin systems
European-research-network workloads
Algorithm development on neutral-atom programming model

5.Pricing trap

Watch for: EUR-denominated pricing — verify exchange rate at procurement time. The per-hour model means short workloads (under 30 min) are disproportionately expensive vs per-shot competitors.

Verification note. Priced by Pasqal in euros: EUR 3,000 per QPU-hour, emulator EUR 15/hr. The euro price is unchanged on re-read 2026-09-07; the dollar figure moved because the euro did. Converted at the ECB reference rate of 1.1622 USD/EUR (2026-09-04), giving about $3,487. The earlier $3,210 used a 1.07 rate that no longer holds.

6.Source

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing · verified 2026-09-07