Amazon Q
AWS's AI assistant — $19/mo Pro, deep AWS integration (replaced CodeWhisperer).
About
Amazon Q (2023, AWS) is Amazon's AI coding assistant: code completion, chat, and deep AWS integration (infrastructure as code, service-aware suggestions). Replaced CodeWhisperer.
Commercial: $19/mo Pro (free tier for individuals). The AWS-native choice — if your stack is AWS, Q understands your services, IAM, and infrastructure patterns. For AWS shops, the integration beats generic tools; for others, Copilot/Cursor are stronger.
What it can do
- • AI code completion and chat\n• AWS service-aware suggestions\n• Infrastructure as code assistance\n• Code transformation (Java upgrades)\n• Security scanning\n• Free tier for individuals
Setup
- Install the Amazon Q extension (VS Code, JetBrains) or use in AWS console.\n2. Sign in with AWS Builder ID (free) or Pro.\n3. Start coding with AWS-aware completion.
Prerequisites
An AWS Builder ID or AWS account; a supported IDE.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier). The AWS-native AI assistant with deep service integration and a free individual tier. Docked three points: (1) AWS-centric — weaker outside AWS; (2) trails Copilot/Cursor on general coding; (3) the CodeWhisperer transition was messy. For AWS shops.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 5.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.5/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric)
- · AWS-native; CodeWhisperer transition was messy
- · no release date — neutral maintenance score
- · manual review: AWS integration is real; weaker outside AWS; license: proprietary — $19/mo Pro; free tier for individuals
Sources
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