Quantum cloud access & software
Pay-per-use access to many vendors' machines plus SDKs (Amazon Braket, IBM Quantum Platform/Qiskit)
4 leading companies in quantum cloud access & software, one segment of quantum computing — Machines that compute with qubits, rented over the cloud or sold on-premises — US$1.4B in 2025, ~30%/yr growth forecast
new market segment · researched 2026-11-14
Superconducting quantum computersTrapped-ion quantum computersPhotonic quantum computersNeutral-atom quantum computersQuantum cloud access & software
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Leading quantum cloud access & software companies
4 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.
| Company | Where | What they do | Scale |
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| Amazon Braket (AWS) AMZN ↗ | United States | Cloud marketplace for quantum hardware: superconducting (IQM, Rigetti), trapped-ion (AQT, IonQ) and neutral-atom (QuEra) devices, plus simulators and reserved capacity (Braket Direct) | — |
| IBM Quantum IBM ↗ | United States | Superconducting transmon processors, available through the IBM Quantum Platform cloud (launched 2016) and the Qiskit SDK | — |
| Xanadu Quantum Technologies XNDU (TSX, Nasdaq) ↗ | Toronto, Canada since 2016 | Photonic quantum computers accessed over the cloud, plus open-source software for quantum machine learning and photonic simulation; Canadian Quantum Champion (up to C$23M); C$893M facility and manufacturing expansion | — |
| Rigetti Computing RGTI ↗ | Berkeley, United States since 2013 | Superconducting quantum integrated circuits, sold through its own cloud and through Amazon Braket | revenue: 7.088 USD millions (2025) ↗ |
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The quantum computing market
The whole market this segment sits in.
global revenue · world1.4
↗USD billions · 2025
Growth, segments, risks and every company in quantum computing →
Quick answers
- What is quantum cloud access & software?
- Pay-per-use access to many vendors' machines plus SDKs (Amazon Braket, IBM Quantum Platform/Qiskit). It is one segment of the quantum computing market.
- Who are the leading quantum cloud access & software companies?
- Amazon Braket (AWS) (United States), IBM Quantum (United States), Xanadu Quantum Technologies (Canada), Rigetti Computing (United States).
- Which quantum cloud access & software companies are publicly traded?
- Xanadu Quantum Technologies (XNDU (TSX, Nasdaq)), Rigetti Computing (RGTI).
- Which Canadian companies are in quantum cloud access & software?
- Xanadu Quantum Technologies, Toronto.
- How big is the quantum computing market?
- For the whole quantum computing market, not this segment alone: global revenue (world) 1.4 USD billions, 2025 — Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) / SRI International.