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Amazon Q Developer

Coding Assistants

AI assistant for software development from AWS

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Coding Assistants

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AI-first code editor built on VS Code

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FeatureAmazon Q DeveloperCursor
CategoryCoding AssistantsCoding Assistants
PricingFree + Pro $19/moFree + $20/mo Pro
GitHub Stars—
✓ More stars
50k
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, WebmacOS, Linux, Windows
Key Features
  • ✓ Code generation
  • ✓ Transformation
  • ✓ Security scanning
  • ✓ AWS integration
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ AI autocomplete
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Codebase-aware
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Tab completion
  • ✓ Composer agent
Pros
  • + Deep AWS integration
  • + Security vulnerability scanning
  • + Code transformation features
  • + Free tier available
  • + Enterprise support
  • + Deep codebase understanding
  • + Built-in AI chat with file references
  • + Familiar VS Code interface
  • + Multi-model support (Claude, GPT-4, etc.)
  • + Fast tab completion
Cons
  • − AWS-focused (less useful outside AWS)
  • − Requires AWS account
  • − Smaller community
  • − Less general-purpose than Copilot
  • − $20/mo for Pro plan
  • − Fork of VS Code (may lag behind updates)
  • − Can be resource-intensive
  • − Learning curve for AI features
Tags
awscodingenterprisecloud
codingeditoridevscodeai-first

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