Overview
Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) is Amazon's AI coding assistant, deeply integrated with AWS services. It excels at generating AWS SDK calls, CloudFormation templates, Lambda functions, and serverless architecture — the best tool for AWS-centric development.
Pricing Plans
Free Individual tier — unlimited code suggestions, security scans
Pro $19/user/mo — team admin, SSO, additional features
Features
✗ API Access
✓ Team Collaboration
✗ Templates
✗ Browser Extension
✗ Mobile App
Integrations:
VS Code, JetBrains, AWS Console, AWS Lambda, CloudFormation, CDK
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Best-in-class for AWS SDK and infrastructure code
- Free Individual tier is genuinely unlimited
- Deep AWS security scanning built-in
Cons
- Less useful outside of AWS ecosystem
- Chat features less capable vs. Cursor or Copilot
- Enterprise features require Pro subscription
Best For
AWS developers building serverless, cloud, and infrastructure-as-code projects