Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Q Developer is AWS's generative AI-powered assistant for software development. It provides real-time code suggestions, chat-based assistance, vulnerability scanning, and agentic capabilities to perform complex tasks like implementing features, documentation, testing, and refactoring. It is deeply integrated into popular IDEs, the command line, the AWS console, and platforms like GitHub and GitLab. Targeted at developers and DevOps engineers, it accelerates the software development lifecycle by automating routine tasks and providing expert guidance on AWS best practices. Key capabilities include multi-line code generation, code transformation (e.g., .NET and Java upgrades), natural language to SQL, and security scanning that outperforms leading tools.
Coding
Added on
Sep 16, 2026
Monthly Visits
68.9M
Code completionSecurity scanningAgentic codingAWS expertJava/.NET migration
Product information
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Core features
What it actually does
Agentic Code Generation & Completion
Generates real-time code suggestions, from snippets to full functions, based on comments and existing code context directly in your IDE.
Security Scanning & Remediation
Scans code for vulnerabilities and suggests instant remediations, outperforming leading publicly benchmarkable tools on detection across popular languages.
AWS Expertise & Cloud Guidance
Acts as an expert in AWS well-architected patterns to help optimize costs, review resources, architect solutions, and diagnose operational incidents.
Codebase Customization
Securely connects to your private repositories to generate more relevant code recommendations and answer questions about your company's internal codebases.
Technical capabilities
Agentic Multistep Task Execution
Autonomously performs complex tasks like implementing features, writing unit tests, documentation, and code reviews by reading/writing files and running shell commands.
Java & .NET Transformation Agents
Accelerates .NET porting from Windows to Linux and automates Java version upgrades (e.g., Java 8 to 17) to streamline modernization.
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Who uses it
Real use cases, no hypeWhat's great
- Deep, native integration with the AWS ecosystem and services.
- Powerful agentic capabilities for multi-step tasks like code review and upgrades.
- Wide IDE support (VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse) and CLI.
- High code suggestion acceptance rate reported by enterprise customers.
Technical strengths
- Strong security scanning that outperforms public benchmarks.
- Proprietary models fine-tuned for AWS patterns and code transformation.
- Top scores on SWE-Bench for autonomous software engineering tasks.
Where it falls short
- Free tier is limited (50 agentic interactions/month, 1K lines transformed).
- IDE plugin support is being discontinued in 2027, pushing users to 'Kiro'.
- Best value is locked within the AWS ecosystem; less useful for non-AWS stacks.
- Pricing scales with usage and can become expensive for heavy agentic use.
Technical limitations
- Pro tier required for full data privacy (no use for service improvement).
- Enterprise access controls require AWS IAM Identity Center integration.
For technical folks
The deep-dive specs
Architecture
Transformer-based large language model (LLM) with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
IDE Support
JetBrains, VS Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse, AWS Toolkit
Integrations
GitLab Duo, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, Microsoft Teams, Slack, AWS Management Console
Data Governance
AWS IAM Identity Center integration, enterprise-grade access controls
FAQ
Includes technical Q&AThe Free Tier includes 50 agentic chat interactions per month and the ability to transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month at no cost.
Traffic Insights
Monthly Visits
68.9M
October 2026
Growth Rate
-90%
vs last month
Dominance
0,51%
in Coding
Top Country
United States
79% of traffic
Top Countries Breakdown
United States
79%
Bangladesh
3%
India
2%
Germany
1%
United Kingdom
1%
Growth Trend
Declining
Traffic has decreased compared to last month.
Honest pricing
No sneaky tiers, no “contact sales”
Here's who each plan is actually for — and where the hidden charges might hit.
View Full Plans & Pricing on Amazon Q Developer
Official pricing, checkout, and plan upgrades are handled directly on aws.amazon.com.
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