Every QForge certificate encodes a cryptographic proof that the holder actually wrote and executed correct quantum circuits — not memorised answers. Free API verification, no account required.
Every major vendor hands out certificates to anyone who memorises a question bank. That's useless to you.
Exam dumps for every cert are publicly posted within weeks of launch. 80% of certified candidates have never written a single line of quantum code.
Lab solutions get shared on Reddit and Discord the day the exam launches. Copy-paste certification.
Candidates learn to game the simulator. No verification that the circuit actually produced a correct quantum state.
A certification badge takes 30 seconds to fake in Photoshop. No employer API to validate.
Passing a lab doesn't mean the candidate can explain their own work. Code understanding is never tested.
Forced annual renewals are a revenue model dressed up as a quality signal. Skills don't expire on a calendar.
No training required. No study guide to buy. Just write circuits and prove they work.
Each candidate gets their own parameterised problem — different qubit counts, different target states. Exam dumps are mathematically useless.
Candidate submits real Qiskit, Cirq, or PennyLane code directly in the QForge VS Code extension or web editor.
The backend runs the circuit on a real Qiskit Aer simulator (or IBM hardware). Output probabilities are compared to the analytical expected state using Total Variation Distance.
The LLM generates 2 questions specifically about the candidate's own code choices. They have 2 minutes to answer. No pre-written answers work.
Circuit DNA fingerprint is compared against all other users' passing submissions. Copied circuits are automatically flagged and receive a score multiplier of 0.
If the score ≥ 70%, a Merkle root is computed from the chain hashes of all graded submissions. This hash is the tamper-evident proof embedded in every certificate.
Free, no account required. Works from any browser or command line.
Via curl:
Response fields:
Two endpoints, no authentication needed, rate limit 1000 req/hour per IP.
GET — public certificate lookup
POST — employer-specific batch verify (returns hiring signal)
GitHub Actions — add to your PR workflow:
| Verification Signal | QForge | Cloud Provider Certs | Hardware Vendor Certs | Framework Certs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real circuit execution verified | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ |
| Zero multiple-choice questions | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Anti-plagiarism / copy detection | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unique problem per candidate | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Code understanding challenge | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tamper-evident cryptographic proof | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free public verification API | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Circuit portfolio included | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| LinkedIn/GitHub shareable badge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Candidate cost | $49–$199 | $300 | $200 | $200 |
Filter candidates by track when writing job requirements. Each certificate links to a full circuit portfolio.
Gates, superposition, measurement, Bell states. $49. 5 assignments.
Optimization, transpilation, noise-aware design. $99. 7 assignments.
Grover, QFT, VQE, QAOA, Shor's algorithm. $149. 8 assignments.
Surface codes, Steane, fault-tolerant gates. $149. 8 assignments.
Real QPU backends, connectivity constraints, noise mitigation. $149. 8 assignments.
QNN, kernel methods, variational classifiers. $199. 10 assignments.
All verification APIs are free forever. Bulk assessment programs let you test candidates before the interview stage.