Published quantum computer prices start at about $8,700 for a 2-qubit desktop machine and climb to $20 million for an annealing system purchased and installed on a university campus. The figures below come from launch releases and news reports.
Published prices by system
The table collects the vendor prices printed in public announcements. Each price is a list or contract figure as of the date shown. The FPS Review reported the SpinQ prices in yen.
| System | Type | Qubits | Published price | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpinQ Gemini Mini | Desktop NMR | 2 | ¥1,188,000 (about $8,700) | Dec 2022 | The FPS Review |
| SpinQ Gemini | Desktop NMR | 2 | ¥5,720,000 | Dec 2022 | The FPS Review |
| SpinQ Triangulum | Desktop NMR | 3 | ¥7,920,000 | Dec 2022 | The FPS Review |
| Rigetti Novera | Superconducting processor only | 9, plus a separate 5-qubit chip | From $900,000 | Dec 2023 | HPCwire |
| D-Wave Advantage2 at Florida Atlantic University | Quantum annealer, to be installed on site | Not stated | $20 million agreement to purchase and install | Jan 2026 | HPCwire |
Desktop NMR machines
SpinQ's three desktop machines have two or three qubits, and their spec sheets list nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal figures. Reporting the release in December 2022, The FPS Review reported a starting price of ¥1,188,000, about $8,700, for the Gemini Mini. Its spec sheet lists more than 10 two-qubit gate operations.
A processor without the rest of the machine
Rigetti made its Novera processor available to order in December 2023 at a starting price of $900,000, according to the launch release on HPCwire. For that price, a lab receives the hardware below the mixing chamber plate of a dilution refrigerator, including a 9-qubit chip and a separate 5-qubit chip. Rigetti designed Novera to connect to commercially available refrigerators and control systems, so the buyer pays for those separately.
Rigetti's Novera page no longer lists a price. It refers buyers to partners for refrigerators, control systems and software. The same page reports purchase orders totaling about $5.7 million for two Novera systems but gives no breakdown.
Complete systems installed on site
In January 2026, Florida Atlantic University signed a $20 million agreement with D-Wave to purchase an Advantage2 annealer and install it on its Boca Raton campus, according to the release on HPCwire. The release leaves open whether the $20 million covers support or services. A separate memorandum of understanding covers possible support for research, training and workforce development. The release expects the system to be deployed later in 2026.
Costs beyond the purchase price
A purchase price covers the machine and leaves out the cost of running it. SpinQ's own cost guide, a vendor source, lists the recurring items: maintenance and calibration, energy, staff and software subscriptions. For a processor like Novera, the refrigerator and control electronics come on top of the processor price.
Paying per job instead
Cloud providers rent time on quantum hardware and bill by the task, the shot or the second. The Quip developer guide Quantum Compute Pricing Models Compared sets the published cloud rates side by side, and the blog post What does it actually cost to run a job on a quantum computer? walks through the same choice for buyers.
Quip Network prices optimization work by the job. A developer describes the problem as an Ising model, attaches a reward and posts the job. Miners then compete to return the lowest-energy answer. The developer pays the reward plus a transaction fee. Because the chain charges for those two items alone, a slow miner adds nothing to the bill (pricing guide). On the Aglais test network, the minimum reward is 1 AGLS, and the faucet gives AGLS out for free (Submit your first compute job).
Next step
To try per-job pricing, follow Submit your first compute job. The guide starts with a solver on your own CPU and then sends the same model to the Aglais test network.
