Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Q Developer is AWS generative AI-powered assistant for software development, available as a CLI tool and IDE extension.
Our verdict
Who it's for
AWS generative AI assistant for software development
Who should look elsewhere
Best for AWS ecosystem
Pros
- +Perpetual free tier
- +Deep AWS integration
- +Works over SSH connections
- +Natural language shell commands
- +No API key management needed
Cons
- −Best for AWS ecosystem
- −Limited free tier interactions
- −Less flexible than open source options
- −AWS account required
- −Not fully open source
Key features
- ✓CLI autocompletions
- ✓Natural language to bash translation
- ✓Inline AI chat in terminal
- ✓Works over SSH
- ✓AWS service integration
- ✓Code suggestions
- ✓Code transformation
- ✓Security scanning
- ✓IDE extensions available
- ✓Works with popular terminals
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | $0 | month | 50 agentic chat interactions/month; 1000 lines code transformation/month; CLI autocompletions |
| Pro | $19 | month | 1000 agentic interactions/month; Higher transformation limits; Priority support |
Integrations
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