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Amazon Q Developer

Coding Assistants

AI assistant for software development from AWS

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Cody

Coding Assistants

AI coding assistant by Sourcegraph with codebase context

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FeatureAmazon Q DeveloperCody
CategoryCoding AssistantsCoding Assistants
PricingFree + Pro $19/moFree + Pro $9/mo
GitHub Stars—
✓ More stars
5k
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, WebmacOS, Linux, Windows
Key Features
  • ✓ Code generation
  • ✓ Transformation
  • ✓ Security scanning
  • ✓ AWS integration
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Codebase context
  • ✓ Code search
  • ✓ Autocomplete
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Multi-repo
Pros
  • + Deep AWS integration
  • + Security vulnerability scanning
  • + Code transformation features
  • + Free tier available
  • + Enterprise support
  • + Deep codebase context
  • + Multi-repo understanding
  • + Code search integration
  • + Free tier available
  • + Privacy controls
Cons
  • − AWS-focused (less useful outside AWS)
  • − Requires AWS account
  • − Smaller community
  • − Less general-purpose than Copilot
  • − Best with Sourcegraph (less useful standalone)
  • − Smaller model selection
  • − Enterprise pricing
  • − Less known than Copilot
Tags
awscodingenterprisecloud
codingsourcegraphcontextsearch

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