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Azure Quantum — Quantinuum H2 Premium

Quantinuum H2 (56-qubit trapped-ion, QCCD) · trapped-ion · 56 physical qubits · 12 logical · 99.80% 2Q fidelity

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Pricing model

$175,000 per month subscription. Includes 17,000 HQCs on H2 hardware + 170,000 eHQCs on emulator. 70% more HQCs for 40% more cost vs Standard.

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
$175K/mo subscription	$175,000	Premium tier. Effective per-HQC: $10.30 (vs Standard's $12.50).
17,000 HQCs on H2	Included	70% more capacity than Standard — significant for workloads in the upper-quartile of H2 utilisation.

2.Structural hardware advantage

Same H2 hardware as Standard, with priority scheduling and a larger HQC envelope. Trades fixed monthly cost increase ($50K) for variable workload increase headroom.

3.Position in the 2026 stack

Premium production tier. Designed for buyers running multiple parallel quantum-chemistry workloads or doing weekly algorithm benchmarks on H2.

4.Best-fit workloads

Multi-team production quantum-chemistry workloads
Pharmaceutical R&D where weekly H2 benchmarks justify the spend
Algorithm-engineering teams where Standard's 10K HQCs is hitting the cap

5.Pricing trap

Watch for: Premium only pays off if you would otherwise overflow Standard's HQC allocation and need overage. For most pilot teams, Standard is enough — don't upgrade speculatively.

Verification note. $175K/mo includes 17k HQCs on H2 + 170k eHQCs on emulator.

6.Source

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing · verified 2026-06-03