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Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI coding assistant for IDEs, the CLI and the AWS Console, with agentic tasks, inline suggestions, unit tests, security scanning, code transformation and AWS guidance; AWS now recommends Kiro and will end IDE plugin support in April 2027.

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Updated Oct 12, 2026

Pricing Freemium

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Standout Features

What makes Amazon Q Developer stand out

Deep AWS integration
Java and .NET transformation
Security scanning
Free tier

Key Features

What’s in the toolkit?

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Agentic multistep tasks
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Inline suggestions
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Inline chat
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CLI completions and chat
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Customizations from private repos
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Unit test generation
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Security vulnerability scanning
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AWS architecture and cost guidance
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.NET porting and Java upgrades
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AWS Console and mobile
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VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio and Eclipse

What is Amazon Q Developer?

The most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development

Amazon Q Developer helps developers build on AWS. AWS plans to stop supporting its IDE plugins on April 30, 2027 and recommends Kiro.

Key capabilities

Agentic multistep tasks for features, tests and docs.
Inline suggestions and chat.
CLI completions and chat.
Security scanning and unit test generation.
.NET porting and Java upgrades.

Who it's for

Amazon Q Developer remains an AWS-focused code generator for existing users.

Category: Code Generator
Pricing: Freemium
Company: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Platform Access: 1 feature

Use Cases

Where teams put it to work

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AWS development
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Java and .NET modernization
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Security scanning
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Cloud cost guidance

Workflow

How to use Amazon Q Developer?

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Install the Amazon Q plugin.
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Sign in with AWS Builder ID or IAM.

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Chat or request agentic tasks.
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Consider Kiro for new projects.

Pros & Cons

Is Amazon Q Developer right for you?

Pros

Best for AWS work
Code transformation
Free tier

Cons

Being phased out in favor of Kiro
IDE plugin support ends April 2027

Pricing

Pricing for Amazon Q Developer

Freemium

Free – $0: 50 agentic requests/month.
Pro – $19/user/month: higher limits, admin dashboard, IP indemnity.

AWS will end IDE plugin support on April 30, 2027 and recommends Kiro.

Who is it for

Who is Amazon Q Developer for?

AWS developers.Enterprises modernizing Java or .NET.

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