Amazon Q Developer

AWS's AI coding assistant, formerly CodeWhisperer.

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The AI code editor

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Best for price

Amazon Q Developer

Starts at $0/mo

Best for features

Tie

4 key features

Easiest to use

Amazon Q Developer

Fewest reported drawbacks

Highest rated

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4.8/5 stars

Our overall recommendation

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The AI code editor — wins on rating.

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Best for

Solo users & teams on a free planGrowing teams

Rating

4.24.8

Starting price

Free$20/mo

Pricing model

freemiumfreemium

Launched

—2023

Platforms

VS Code

JetBrains

CLI

AWS Console

macOS

Windows

Linux

AI models

Proprietary

Claude

GPT

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Integrations

GitHub

MCP servers

Key features

AWS-aware
Security scanning
Free tier
Reference tracker

Tab autocomplete
Composer
Background agents
MCP support

Pros

Best-in-class autocomplete
Composer is excellent
VS Code compatible

Cons

Premium requests are limited
Some lock-in to Cursor models

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