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Amazon Q Developer

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The most capable generative AI–powered assistant for software development

Free tier available·All audiences·Powered by AWS (Amazon)·API available
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Key strengths

Agentic coding capabilities (feature implementation, documentation, testing, code review, refactoring)Real-time inline code suggestionsSecurity vulnerability scanning and remediationAWS expertise and console integrationApplication transformation (.NET, Java upgrades)Highest reported code acceptance rate for multiline suggestionsTop scores on SWE-Bench Leaderboard
Free tier + paid plans
Seattle, United States
Founded 2023

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Recent changes

  • Plans updated: Perpetual Free Tier: 50 agentic chat interactions/month, up to 1,000 lines of code transformation/month. Paid tier (Amazon Q Developer Pro) also available.
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Amazon Q Developer is purpose-built for developer workflows across the full software development lifecycle. Relevant technical use cases include:

  • Agentic feature development: Delegate multi-step feature implementation tasks; the assistant autonomously plans and executes across files and modules
  • Automated test generation: Generate unit and integration tests for existing codebases
  • Code review and refactoring: Request inline reviews and targeted refactoring suggestions within the IDE
  • Security vulnerability scanning: Identify and remediate security issues in code without leaving the development environment
  • Application modernization: Transform legacy .NET and Java applications through guided, automated upgrade workflows
  • Documentation generation: Automatically produce code documentation as part of the development workflow
  • AWS Console assistance: Get contextual guidance and code generation directly within the AWS Management Console
  • CI/CD and SCM integration: Embed Q Developer into GitHub, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitLab pipelines and pull request workflows
  • CLI productivity: Use agentic capabilities directly from the command line for scripting and infrastructure tasks
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