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Amazon Q Developer

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Verdict

AI coding for AWS and cloud dev

AWS service integration; code generation; security scanning; cloud architecture;.NET/Java migration

Best for

AWS developerscloud engineersDevOps teamsenterprise AWS users

Quick facts

Free tier
Free tier: code suggestions in IDE; chat; limited security scanning; CodeWhisperer legacy features
Starting price
Free, from $19/user/mo
Platforms
web
Company
AWS
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Pricing

PlanPriceKey limits
FreeFreeFree: code suggestions unlimited; chat limited; Pro: $19/user/mo with higher limits; agents included
Pro$19/user/mo

Key capabilities

Works with

  • Code
  • cloud configuration

Outputs

  • Code files
  • CloudFormation templates
  • CLI commands
  • security reports

Technical details

Offline
No
API
Yes
Languages
All major programming languages + AWS SDKs
Difficulty
Intermediate
Privacy
High
Time to productivity
15 min
Upgrade when
Agent capabilities; advanced security scanning; custom models; enterprise admin; SSO
Integrations
AWS Console, VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio
more

CLI, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Lambda

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