Amazon Q Developer is AWS's native AI coding assistant covering four surfaces: IDE plugins for VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio; a CLI agent; an AWS Console chat interface; and automated transformation agents for legacy Java and .NET migrations.
The AWS context layer is the product's differentiating characteristic. Q Developer is trained on AWS service taxonomies and, in the Console, reads CloudWatch error context alongside the failing resource — enabling it to propose fixes with correct IAM permissions and service references. The Java transformation agent upgrades Java 8 and 11 codebases to Java 17 or 21; the .NET agent handles Framework-to-.NET 6+ migrations.
Two tiers: Free (Builder ID, no AWS account required, 50 agentic requests/month, 1,000 LOC/month of Java upgrades) and Pro ($19/user/month, IAM Identity Center admin, pooled transformation quotas, IP indemnity). Q Developer is one of several AWS products sharing the "Q" branding.
Key Features
IDE plugins for VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio plus a CLI agent and AWS Console chat
AWS-aware code suggestions that understand IAM policies, CloudFormation, CDK, Lambda, and console errors with CloudWatch context
IAM Identity Center integration for centralized admin, per-user policies, and pooled transformation usage at the payer-account level
Reference tracking and option to suppress public-code suggestions for license compliance; IP indemnity on Pro tier
Free Tier with 50 agentic requests/month and 1,000 LOC/month of Java upgrades using Builder ID — no AWS account required
Integrations
3 total
scm
GitHubGitLab
cloud
AWS
Pricing
2 tiers
Free
Free
Free tier: 50 agentic requests/month (chat + agentic coding combined across IDE and CLI), 1,000 LOC/month for Java upgrades, access to latest Claude models, AWS Console chat
Free Tier requires AWS Builder ID or IAM user. AWS Console limits apply at account level for IAM users, user level for Builder ID.
Pro
$19/seat/mo
Per user/month. Increased agentic request limits, 4,000 LOC/month/user pooled at payer-account level for Java upgrades (overage at $0.003/LOC), IAM Identity Center admin dashboards, IP indemnity, automatic data collection opt-out.
Compliance
0 / 6 attested
SOC 2
HIPAA
GDPR
FedRAMP
PCI DSS
ISO 27001
No compliance attestations on file. Confirm directly with the vendor before procurement.
