HQStage
At HQS we develop software to simulate quantum mechanical systems on laptops, workstations, HPC centers or quantum computers. Our software can be used for a wide range of quantum mechanical systems like spins, molecules or solids and aims at different properties ranging from spectra to conductivity calculations in disordered systems.
As scientists and software developers we understand, that you prefer to use scientific libraries and tools in a flexible way within a powerful programming environment that allows you to run scripts interactively for visualization and developing and as batch jobs within HPC environments for your large scale simulations.
With this in mind all our tools can be used individually for specific tasks within the workflow of simulating a quantum mechanical system or orchestrated together to generate complex workflows.
HQStage provides the stage for your quantum simulations. With HQStage you gain access to our powerful quantum simulation Modules each with distinct use cases and unique features. HQStage and its modules strictly follow our philosophy to provide easy-to-use yet powerful quantum simulation software tools.
HQStage comes with a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to install and run HQS simulation tools in (virtual) Python environments alongside your preferred open-source Python tools. HQStage takes care of dependencies and updates of your modules and other installed Python tools. Use our simulation software as you prefer to: Run python scripts, interactive IPython sessions or Jupyter Notebooks directly with HQStage CLI.
Don’t have enough compute resources for your high-end quantum simulations? You can use HQS Tasks to effortlessly run HQStage Modules on our Cloud infrastructure. You can easily combine local and Cloud calculations within a simple Python script by directly switching configuration for individual calculations!
Tired of installing software or using your own Laptop for demanding calculations? Use HQStage within your browser via HQS Cloud!
With our intuitive website you manage your HQStage Modules, licenses, subscriptions, compute resources. We offer a free trial license for some of our modules. Learn more about acquiring a free license and getting started with our video tutorial below or following our using our Installation instructions.
Introduction to HQStage and getting started
Available Plans
We offer four plans for HQStage and HQS Cloud. A free (trial) plan, a standard (cloud only) plan and premium plans for academic and commercial users. Buying or subscribing to HQStage Modules unlocks the premium plan. See the following table for an overview of the different plans:
| Plan | Free | Standard | Premium (Academic) | Premium (Commercial) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQStage | free trial license. | download of Modules not possible (Cloud only) | purchase selected HQStage Modules (*) | subsribe to selected HQStage Modules (*) |
| download HQStage | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| run modules locally | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| full control over hardware and data | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| use in your own toolchain | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| integrate with your own libraries | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| downloadable modules | ✅ HQS Noise App Free ✅ HQS Qorrelator App Free | ❌ | ✅ purchased Modules | ✅ subscribed Modules |
| software updates | during free period | ❌ | ✅ for one year after purchase | ✅ During active subscription |
| HQS Cloud | Try out all modules with up to 10 HQ$ as free credits. | Get cloud access to all modules. Buy computing credits and pay as you go on HQS Cloud. | Purchase of HQStage Modules unlocks cloud access to all modules. Buy computing credits and pay as you go on HQS Cloud. | Subscription to HQStage Modules unlocks cloud access to all modules. Buy computing credits and pay as you go on HQS Cloud. |
| use HQStage inside your browser | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| access to all modules | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| unlimited qubits (**) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| install and use PyPI packages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| use HQSTasks (HPC power) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| free Computing credits | 10HQ$ (on request) | ❌ | 600HQ$$ per purchased module point | 50HQ$ per subscribed module point per month |
| buy additional credits | ❌ | 1HQ$ for 5€ | 1-3 Module points: 1HQ$ for 3€ 4-10 Module points: 1HQ$ for 2€ 10+ Module points: 1HQ$ for 1.5€ | 1-3 Module points: 1HQ$ for 3€ 4-10 Module points: 1HQ$ for 2€ 10+ Module points: 1HQ$ for 1.5€ |
| Territories | No restrictions. | access will only for customers in selected territories (***) | access will only for customers in selected territories (***) | access will only for customers in selected territories (***) |
To learn more about available modules and licensing visit the licensing and modules section of this documentation. The free trial license (free plan) can be requested here. To unlock a advanced plan, obtain a license or upgrade an existing license, please contact us.
(*) See here for module points and pricing
(**) The number of qubits in the HQS Noise App, the HQS Qorrelator App and the HQS Quantum Libraries are restricted in the Free plan.
To indicate the difference the Modules are named HQS Noise App Free, HQS Qorrelator App Free and HQS Quantum Libraries Free in this case.
(***) A list of available regions can be found here
Features/ Functions
- HQStage can be managed using our intuitive Cloud website.
- Manage licenses, modules, compute resources, users
- Buy new modules
- Update subscriptions
- Command line tool
- Automatic dependency management inside virtual environments
- Easily install HQStage Modules alongside other Python packages inside (virtual) environments
- Update HQStage Modules
- Automatic license management and download for HQStage Modules - no struggling with license files or other inconveniences
- Future:
- Hybride Cloud-local solution with HQS Tasks
- Effortless integration of computations on Cloud with local computations
- GPU support on Cloud