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Amazon Q Developer

AWS's AI coding assistant, strong on AWS workflows, security scans, and code transformation.

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Being retired: AWS closed new Amazon Q Developer sign-ups in May 2026 and ends paid IDE support on April 30, 2027, steering developers to its successor, Kiro. Existing users can continue until then, but new adopters should evaluate Kiro or another assistant.

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About Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer is AWS's generative-AI coding assistant, offering completions, chat, security scanning, and automated code transformation, with particular strength in AWS environments.

Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI assistant for software development. It provides inline code suggestions and chat across popular IDEs, plus capabilities that go beyond autocomplete: security vulnerability scanning, automated code transformation (like upgrading Java versions), and deep help with AWS services and infrastructure. There is a free tier and a paid Pro tier for higher limits and enterprise controls. Its differentiator is AWS fluency — if your stack lives on AWS, Q Developer understands your services and can accelerate cloud-specific work in ways general assistants can't. Note that AWS is retiring Amazon Q Developer: new sign-ups closed in May 2026 and support ends April 30, 2027, with developers steered to its successor, Kiro.

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TL;DR

Amazon Q Developer is an AI-powered assistant for software development from Amazon Web Services. It provides code generation, agentic coding, security scanning, and code transformation across IDEs and the command line, with deep integration into AWS services. It offers a free tier and a Pro tier at $19 per user per month with expanded limits and administrative controls. It targets developers and enterprises building and maintaining applications, particularly on AWS.

Company overview

Amazon Q Developer is a product of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing division of Amazon.com, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It evolved from and expanded upon AWS's earlier coding assistant, CodeWhisperer.

AWS positions Q Developer as part of its broader Amazon Q generative-AI assistant family, focused specifically on software development and operations. It is designed to integrate tightly with AWS accounts, services, and developer tooling.

Product features

Amazon Q Developer offers inline code suggestions, agentic multi-step coding, natural-language interaction, and integrated security scanning that identifies vulnerabilities and suggests fixes. It supports code transformations such as upgrading application frameworks and language versions, for example migrating Java applications between versions.

It integrates with Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio, and Eclipse, as well as the command line, and can answer questions about a user's AWS account and resources. Recent releases added access to current Claude models and agentic request allocations across the free and Pro tiers.

Target market

Amazon Q Developer targets professional developers, DevOps engineers, and enterprises, especially those building on AWS, who want AI assistance for coding, modernization, and security. Its transformation and administrative features appeal to larger organizations modernizing legacy applications at scale.

Buyer personas

End users

Developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud practitioners using IDEs and the CLI.

Buyers

Engineering leaders, cloud platform owners, and IT decision-makers at AWS-using organizations.

Key influencers

AWS architects, developer productivity leads, and security teams.

Ideal customer profile

Development teams and enterprises building and modernizing applications on AWS who want integrated AI coding assistance.

Funding & performance

Amazon Q Developer is a product of Amazon Web Services, a division of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a publicly traded company; it has no separate venture funding. Development is funded from Amazon's corporate resources. Amazon is also a major strategic investor in Anthropic, whose Claude models are available within Amazon Q Developer.

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Deep knowledge of AWS services and infrastructure
  • Security scanning and automated code upgrades
  • Free tier plus enterprise controls

Cons

  • Most valuable if you're already on AWS
  • General coding quality is solid but not category-leading
  • Enterprise features gated to the paid tier

Pricing plans

Free Tier
$0 / month
  • Access via IDE or CLI
  • Agentic requests included each month
  • Access to current Claude models
  • Limited AWS account queries
  • Basic code suggestions and chat
Pro Tier
$19 / month
  • Everything in Free plus higher limits
  • Increased agentic request limits
  • Higher code transformation limits
  • Identity Center support and admin dashboards
  • IP indemnity

Key features

API
Team collaboration
Custom training
Multi-language
Integrations
Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio, Eclipse, AWS services, Command line
Input types
text, code
Output types
text, code
Best For
Code generation, Agentic coding, Security scanning, Code transformation and modernization, AWS development

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Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Q Developer free?+

There is still a free tier plus a $19/user/month Pro tier for existing users, but AWS closed new sign-ups in May 2026 and ends support on April 30, 2027, directing new users to its successor, Kiro.

What is Amazon Q Developer best for?+

AWS-centric development, security scanning, and automated code transformation.

Which IDEs does it support?+

It works in popular IDEs including VS Code and JetBrains, plus the AWS console and CLI.

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