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AWS Braket — IonQ Aria

IonQ Aria (25 qubits, Yb-171+ trapped-ion) · trapped-ion · 25 physical qubits · 99.50% 2Q fidelity

industry reported

Pricing model

$0.30 per task + $0.03 per shot. Lower per-shot than Forte; smaller QPU.

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
100-shot pilot circuit	$3.30	Cheapest trapped-ion entry point in the cohort.
10,000-shot characterisation	$300.30	Linear; predictable.
VQE 200k shots	$6,000.30	Same as Forte despite different headline — $6K is mostly the shot count, not the per-shot rate at scale.

2.Structural hardware advantage

25-qubit trapped-ion. Fidelity (99.5%) one tick below Forte but pricing is 60% lower per shot. For shallow-circuit workloads where 25 qubits is enough, Aria is the cheaper choice.

3.Position in the 2026 stack

Production, transitioning. Aria appears in Braket tutorials and some pricing snapshots but is being de-emphasised in favour of Forte. Verify availability before committing a project budget.

4.Best-fit workloads

Shallow-circuit pilot studies (1-2 layer ansatz)
Education / classroom use where 25 qubits is sufficient
Cost-sensitive small-scale chemistry pilots

5.Pricing trap

Watch for: Aria is in transition. Plan workloads with Forte fallback in case Aria is deprecated mid-project. Pricing already shows mixed status across Braket documentation.

Verification note. Still appears in Braket tutorials at $0.03/shot; not in current Braket pricing table snapshot — flag as transitioning.

6.Source

https://aws.amazon.com/braket/pricing/ · verified 2026-06-03