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Amazon Q Developer

AI Code Assistantfreemium

AWS's AI assistant for software development, strong at AWS service integration, code transformation, and security scanning. AWS officially announced end-of-support in April 2026: new signups (incl. Free Tier) were blocked from May 15, 2026, the newest models are available only on AWS's successor product Kiro, and full end-of-support for IDE plugins and paid subscriptions is scheduled for April 30, 2027.

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6.9/10
Weighted average across all evaluation dimensions. Scores are based on benchmark testing, expert review, and community feedback.
Capability Profile
Code GenerationQuality and accuracy of generated code, including correctness, completeness, and adherence to best practices.
Context UnderstandingAbility to comprehend project structure, dependencies, and codebase-wide context for accurate assistance.
Developer ExperienceEase of use, IDE integration quality, onboarding speed, and workflow friction reduction.
Multi-file EditingCapability to make coordinated changes across multiple files while maintaining consistency.
Debugging & FixingEffectiveness at identifying bugs, suggesting fixes, and resolving errors in existing code.
Ecosystem IntegrationSupport for various languages, frameworks, package managers, and development tools.
Score Trend
7.4 → 6.9▼0.5
Score Changes
Code Generation7.5 → 7.3 ▼0.2
Sep 25, 2026Model access frozen ahead of sunset
Context Understanding7.2 → 7.0 ▼0.2
Sep 25, 2026Feature investment moved to Kiro
Developer Experience7.6 → 6.3 ▼1.3
Sep 25, 2026AWS announced official end-of-support timeline
Multi-file Editing7.0 → 6.8 ▼0.2
Sep 25, 2026No further multi-file investment
Debugging & Fixing7.6 → 7.3 ▼0.3
Sep 25, 2026Transformation features also sunsetting
Ecosystem Integration7.5 → 6.8 ▼0.7
Sep 25, 2026No new ecosystem work; redirected to Kiro
Pricing & Licensing
Pricing
Free tier & Pro $19/mo -- closed to new signups since May 2026; supported through Apr 2027 EOL.
License
Proprietary
Community
Developers
300K+ developers
Features
vscodejetbrainsawsenterprisesecurity-scanssunsetting
Dimension Scores
8-105-7.9<5
How we score →
Code GenerationQuality and accuracy of generated code, including correctness, completeness, and adherence to best practices.Weight: 100%
7.3

Model access frozen: Opus 4.6 removed May 29 2026; newest models (Opus 4.7+) go to successor Kiro only.

Context UnderstandingAbility to comprehend project structure, dependencies, and codebase-wide context for accurate assistance.Weight: 100%
7.0

No further context-handling investment; feature work has moved to Kiro.

Developer ExperienceEase of use, IDE integration quality, onboarding speed, and workflow friction reduction.Weight: 100%
6.3

AWS officially announced end-of-support Apr 30 2026: new signups (incl. Free Tier) blocked since May 15 2026; full end-of-support for IDE plugins/subscriptions locked for Apr 30 2027.

Multi-file EditingCapability to make coordinated changes across multiple files while maintaining consistency.Weight: 90%
6.8

No multi-file editing investment in the sunsetting product line.

Debugging & FixingEffectiveness at identifying bugs, suggesting fixes, and resolving errors in existing code.Weight: 90%
7.3

Java/.NET transformation (debugging-adjacent) features are also on the end-of-support timeline.

Ecosystem IntegrationSupport for various languages, frameworks, package managers, and development tools.Weight: 80%
6.8

No new ecosystem integration work; AWS is directing that investment to Kiro instead.

Stack Appearances
The Enterprise Safe Stack8.2
Role: AWS infrastructure, security scanning, code transformation
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