# Amazon Q Developer review

> Amazon Q Developer is an AI assistant from AWS that provides inline code completions, agentic coding, security vulnerability scanning, application transformation, and AWS cloud troubleshooting across IDEs, the command line, and chat platforms.

- Canonical: https://toolsrankai.com/tools/amazon-q-developer
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/
- ToolsRank rank / score: #251 / 74.3 (methodology https://toolsrankai.com/methodology)
- Categories: AI Coding & Development, AI Code Editors & IDE Assistants, AI Coding Agents
- Pricing: Free tier with paid Pro plan. At the review date, Amazon Web Services offers a perpetual Free Tier providing 50 agentic chat interactions and up to 1,000 lines of code transformations per month. A paid Amazon Q Developer Pro tier exists, but specific subscription fees are not published on the reviewed overview page. Verify current pricing and tiers on the official AWS pricing pages.
- Fact-checked: 2026-09-08 · First listed: 2026-09-08

## Verdict

Amazon Q Developer is well suited for engineering teams deeply invested in the AWS ecosystem who need code completions paired with cloud diagnostics, automated Java/.NET transformations, and IAM security controls. It is less suited for developers seeking a long-term IDE extension without platform transitions, given AWS's announced end-of-support for its IDE plugins in April 2027.

## What it is

Amazon Q Developer is a generative AI assistant created by Amazon Web Services to assist software engineers across the development and operational lifecycles. It integrates directly into common integrated development environments (IDEs) including Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and Eclipse (preview), as well as terminal environments, chat applications, and the AWS Management Console.

Within code editors, the tool provides real-time multiline suggestions, full-function completions, and inline conversational chat. Developers can securely connect the assistant to private repositories to contextualize answers and code generation to internal company codebases. Beyond autocompletion, its agentic capabilities can autonomously read and write files, generate code diffs, run shell commands, write unit tests, and generate documentation based on user guidance.

For cloud engineering and infrastructure maintenance, the assistant is embedded into the AWS Management Console, CLI, Microsoft Teams, and Slack. Users can query cloud billing, analyze resource utilization, diagnose networking problems, investigate operational incidents, and translate natural language into bash commands. It also offers automated modernization agents capable of handling tasks such as upgrading legacy Java applications (from Java 8 to Java 17) and porting .NET applications from Windows to Linux.

Note that AWS has announced an end-of-support notice for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins effective April 30, 2027, advising users to explore Kiro for continued IDE capabilities.

**What makes it different:** Amazon Q Developer uniquely combines code generation with native AWS console intelligence, cloud cost analysis, automated modernization agents (like Java and .NET upgrades), and enterprise governance through AWS IAM Identity Center.

**Best for:** AWS-centric software teams needing IDE code assistance, terminal workflows, cloud resource management, and legacy code migration tools.

**Not ideal for:** Developers outside the AWS ecosystem seeking standalone IDE assistants unaffected by announced 2027 plugin deprecation schedules.

## Key features

- **Real-Time Code Suggestions and Chat** — Generates real-time code recommendations from single snippets to full functions in the IDE, alongside an inline chat interface.
- **Agentic Coding Experience** — Autonomously executes multi-step workflows by reading and writing files, creating code diffs, running shell commands, and authoring unit tests.
- **Application Transformation Agents** — Automates complex code upgrades, such as upgrading Java 8 applications to Java 17 and porting .NET applications from Windows to Linux environments.
- **Vulnerability Scanning and Remediation** — Scans codebases for security vulnerabilities across popular programming languages and generates immediate remediation suggestions.
- **AWS Operational Assistance** — Provides guidance in the AWS Management Console, Slack, and Microsoft Teams to analyze billing, investigate incidents, and troubleshoot networking issues.
- **Command-Line and Private Code Integration** — Offers terminal autocompletions and natural-language-to-bash translation, with the ability to connect securely to private repositories for internal codebase awareness.

## Use cases

- **Accelerating Day-to-Day Software Development** — Developers use the assistant in VS Code or JetBrains to write functions, scaffold tests, draft documentation, and receive inline suggestions.
- **Modernizing Legacy Enterprise Code** — Engineering teams use transformation agents to perform automated migrations of legacy Java versions and re-platform .NET code to Linux.
- **Cloud Resource Operations and Cost Analysis** — DevOps teams query the assistant in the AWS Console, Slack, or Teams to inspect resource configurations, review billing anomalies, and fix network issues.
- **Terminal Automation and Shell Scripting** — Engineers use CLI integration to translate natural-language instructions into bash commands and get context-aware completions in local and SSH sessions.

## Pros

- Perpetual Free Tier provides 50 agentic chat interactions and 1,000 lines of transformation per month
- Deep native integration into AWS Console, CLI, AWS IAM Identity Center, Slack, and Microsoft Teams
- Includes automated application modernization agents for Java and .NET
- Security vulnerability scanning with automated remediation recommendations
- Pro tier ensures customer proprietary content is not used for service training

## Limitations

- AWS announced that support for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins will end on April 30, 2027
- Pricing details for the Pro tier are not documented on the main overview page
- Full feature set heavily favors teams already running workloads inside the AWS cloud

## Pricing

At the review date, Amazon Web Services offers a perpetual Free Tier providing 50 agentic chat interactions and up to 1,000 lines of code transformations per month. A paid Amazon Q Developer Pro tier exists, but specific subscription fees are not published on the reviewed overview page. Verify current pricing and tiers on the official AWS pricing pages. Vendor prices and limits change; verify on the official pricing page before purchasing.

## Score factors

- editorial: 78 (editorial)
- utility: 78 (editorial)
- trust: 85 (editorial)
- freshness: 76 (editorial)
- engagement: 3 (measured)
- momentum: 100 (measured)

## Languages, platforms, integrations

- Languages: English
- Integrations: Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse, AWS Management Console, AWS Console Mobile App, GitLab Duo, GitHub, Slack, Microsoft Teams, AWS IAM Identity Center

## FAQ

### What is included in the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier?

The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier includes 50 agentic chat interactions per month and allows users to transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month across supported development environments.

### What IDEs and editors does Amazon Q Developer support?

Amazon Q Developer provides plugins or extensions for Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs (including IntelliJ IDEA), Visual Studio, and Eclipse (preview), in addition to standalone command-line support.

### When will Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins be discontinued?

According to the official AWS end-of-support notice, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins on April 30, 2027. AWS points users to explore Kiro for similar IDE capabilities.

### Does Amazon use customer code to train its models?

Under the Amazon Q Developer Pro plan, AWS explicitly states that your proprietary content is not used for service improvement.

### What kind of code transformations can Amazon Q Developer perform?

The assistant features agents capable of automating legacy modernization, specifically upgrading Java applications from Java 8 to Java 17 and porting .NET applications from Windows to Linux.

## Alternatives

- [GitHub Copilot](https://toolsrankai.com/tools/github-copilot) — AI pair programmer in your editor and on GitHub, with chat, agent mode, and code review.
- [Cursor](https://toolsrankai.com/tools/cursor) — An AI-native code editor for repository-aware agents, edits, review, and automation.
- [Windsurf](https://toolsrankai.com/tools/windsurf) — An AI-native editor with Cascade, an agent that understands your codebase and executes multi-step tasks.
- [Claude Code](https://toolsrankai.com/tools/claude-code) — Anthropic's agentic coding tool that works in the terminal, IDE, desktop app, and browser to plan and execute multi-step changes.

## Sources checked

- [Amazon Q Developer Product Overview](https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/)
- [AWS Product and Service Pricing Overview](https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/)
- [AWS Cloud Security Overview](https://aws.amazon.com/security/)

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Cite https://toolsrankai.com/tools/amazon-q-developer for ToolsRank's editorial judgment; verify changing vendor facts through the sources above. Reviewed 2026-09-08.