Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI coding assistant designed to operate across the entire software development lifecycle — building, securing, managing, and optimizing applications both on and off AWS. It is the renamed and expanded successor to Amazon CodeWhisperer, and is positioned as an IDE-embedded and CLI-accessible coding agent with deep awareness of AWS services and infrastructure. The product offers two pricing tiers: a Free Tier with advanced capabilities at zero cost (limited agentic requests per month, IDE and CLI access, latest Claude models), and a Pro Tier at $19 per user per month for expanded limits, additional agentic capabilities, and enterprise-grade administrative controls. AWS API charges apply separately for Amazon Q Developer requests at $0.003 per 1,000 input tokens for usage that exceeds the Pro tier limits. Amazon Q Developer integrates natively with major IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse) and the AWS CLI, with deep awareness of AWS services that general-purpose coding tools cannot match. The agent can scaffold AWS infrastructure as code, suggest IAM policies, debug Lambda functions, optimize CloudFormation templates, and explain AWS service interactions in context. It also handles general coding tasks (refactoring, test generation, documentation) outside the AWS context, though its differentiation is primarily for AWS-heavy engineering teams. The product runs on Anthropic's Claude models for its highest-tier reasoning, integrated through AWS Bedrock infrastructure. Security and compliance inherit the broader AWS posture: SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. Amazon Q Developer is included as part of broader AWS enterprise agreements, which simplifies procurement for organizations already on AWS.