---
title: Introduction to Qiskit Serverless
description: Use Qiskit Serverless to run quantum-classical workloads across the cloud and on quantum-centric supercomputers.
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/guides/serverless
---

# Introduction to Qiskit Serverless

Qiskit Serverless provides a simple interface to run workloads across quantum-classical resources. This includes deploying programs to the IBM Quantum® Platform and running workloads remotely, as well as easy resource management for multi-cloud and quantum-centric supercomputing use cases.

Premium users can build, deploy, and run their workloads remotely on classical compute made available through IBM Quantum Platform.

> **Tip**
>
> **Qiskit Serverless is getting an upgrade, and its features are changing fast.** During this development phase, find release notes and the most recent documentation at the [Qiskit Serverless GitHub](https://qiskit.github.io/qiskit-serverless/index.html) page.

> **Note**
>
> This is an experimental feature available only for IBM Quantum Premium Plan, Flex Plan, and On-Prem (via IBM Quantum Platform API) Plan users.

## When should I use Qiskit Serverless?

Qiskit Serverless helps manage classical and quantum resources across the entire [Qiskit patterns](/docs/guides/intro-to-patterns) workflow. This includes some of the following examples:

- Parallelizing classical tasks, such as pre-processing and post-processing
- Persisting long-running workloads in the cloud, even if your laptop is turned off
- Deploying reusable programs

## What is included?

The following compute resources are included by default in the Qiskit Serverless environment. Users can contact [support](/docs/guides/support) to increase any of these.

**Normal node:**

- 24 vCPU cores
- 120GB RAM
- Maximum of two active jobs per user at any one time

**GPU node** (used by the [Algorithmiq TEM](/docs/guides/algorithmiq-tem) Qiskit Function):

- 24 vCPU cores
- 120GB RAM
- Nvidia L40S GPU
- Maximum of four active jobs per user at any one time

## Install Qiskit Serverless

To use Qiskit Serverless on IBM Quantum Platform, install the following packages:

```bash
pip install qiskit-ibm-catalog qiskit_serverless
```

`qiskit_ibm_catalog` provides the client-side tools to upload and run remote programs, while `qiskit_serverless` provides server-side tools to distribute compute and manage data. These packages require `python` 3.11+. For users and organizations who want to run Qiskit Serverless on custom infrastructure, follow the [Cloud infrastructure setup](https://qiskit.github.io/qiskit-serverless/) guide.

> **Tip**
>
> Currently, the IBM Quantum workloads table only reflects IBM Quantum Compute Service workloads. Use `job.status()` to see your Qiskit Serverless workload's current status. Find an example in the [Run your first Qiskit Serverless workload remotely](/docs/guides/serverless-run-first-workload#serverless-job-status) guide.

## Next steps

> **Recommendations**
>
> - Explore how to [write your first Qiskit Serverless program](/docs/guides/serverless-first-program).
> - Try out some [tutorials](/docs/tutorials).