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D-Wave Leap — Trial

Advantage2 (Zephyr topology) · annealer · 4400 physical qubits

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Pricing model

Free trial. 1 minute QPU time + 20 minutes hybrid solver time. Expires 1 month after signup.

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 minute QPU time	$0	Sufficient for several optimisation problem instances on Advantage2.
20 min hybrid solver	$0	Hybrid solvers combine classical + quantum annealing for larger problems.

2.Structural hardware advantage

Annealer paradigm (not gate-model). 4,400+ flux-qubit Advantage2 system with Zephyr topology. Specifically tuned for combinatorial optimisation and QUBO problems, not general quantum computation.

3.Position in the 2026 stack

Production annealer with free trial entry. D-Wave is the only commercial annealer at scale.

4.Best-fit workloads

Trial / education access to annealer paradigm
Initial QUBO problem formulation experiments
Comparison studies between annealing and gate-model approaches

5.Pricing trap

Watch for: Annealer hardware is paradigm-specific. Per-shot or per-minute comparisons with gate-model providers (Braket, Azure, IBM) are not apples-to-apples. Don't budget D-Wave against gate-model alternatives without understanding the algorithm-paradigm fit.

Verification note. One minute of QPU time or 20 minutes of hybrid-solver time, or a combination; the trial expires one month after signup (UTC). Re-verified 2026-09-07 on D-Wave's own developer page after the older support-centre article started returning 403 to automated fetches. D-Wave separately runs the Leap Quantum LaunchPad programme, a 3-month free trial for qualified applicants. ANNEALER paradigm — not gate-model; 2Q fidelity not directly comparable.

6.Source

https://www.dwavequantum.com/solutions-and-products/developer/ · verified 2026-09-07