Your provider bills you, not us
Every cs() route executes on an account your org already owns. IBM Quantum, IonQ, and AWS Braket charge your existing grant or credit card directly, at their own published rates.
pricing
Compute passes through.
You subscribe to the control plane.
CatState never holds compute funds and never resells hardware time. Quantum execution costs whatever your provider charges — the platform fee below is all you pay us.
No markup on shots
Per-shot and task fees pass through at cost. The router's cs("cheapest") strategy works on the provider's real pricing — there is no spread for us to pad.
The platform fee is a subscription
You pay CatState a flat platform subscription for routing, the vault, sub-key governance, telemetry, and reproducibility. That's the entire financial relationship.
// Example: 4,096 shots on ibm:brisbane ≈ $0.14 charged by IBM to your account. CatState adds $0.00.
platform fee
Subscription tiers
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Free
For trying the control plane on a simulator.
$0forever
- Unlimited simulator runs
- 1 stored provider credential
- 2 sub-keys, $25 aggregate cap
- 100 tracked hardware runs / month
- Community support
Pro
For researchers and small labs on real hardware.
$49per org / month
- Unlimited stored credentials
- Unlimited sub-keys with spend caps
- Spend-threshold alerts (email + webhook)
- CloudEvents webhooks & WebSocket streaming
- 10,000 tracked hardware runs / month
- Citable run IDs & calibration snapshots
Lab / Enterprise
For departments and multi-lab organizations.
Customannual
- Everything in Pro
- SAML / SSO via the auth service
- Audit log export & retention policy
- Bulk sub-key issuance for classrooms
- Custom routing filters (post-MVP API)
- Dedicated support & onboarding
All tiers include the envelope-encrypted vault, smart routing strategies, citable run IDs, and the full telemetry pipeline. Compute is billed by your provider in every tier — including Free.