Amazon Q Developer
✓ VerifiedAWS-optimized AI code generator with security scanning and CLI completions
About
Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) is AWS's AI-powered coding assistant optimized for Amazon Web Services development. Note: As of November 24, 2025, Q Developer CLI is being rebranded to 'Kiro CLI'. The service now features autonomous agents for multi-step tasks, advanced conversational AI for AWS resource management, and enhanced cost management capabilities. With project-wide context analysis, sophisticated code transformations (like Java 8 to Java 17 migration), AWS API optimization, security vulnerability scanning, and CLI completions, it's perfect for cloud developers working in the AWS ecosystem. Free for individuals with an AWS account.
Key Features
- ✓Includes all features of CodeWhisperer
- ✓AWS API and service optimization
- ✓Security vulnerability scanning
- ✓CLI command completions (rebranding to Kiro CLI)
- ✓Autonomous agents for multi-step tasks
- ✓Advanced conversational AI for AWS resource management
- ✓Enhanced cost management capabilities
- ✓Project-wide context analysis
- ✓Code transformations (e.g., Java 8 to Java 17 migration)
- ✓Cloud-optimized suggestions
- ✓Free for individuals
- ✓IDE integration
- ✓Best practices enforcement
Use Cases
- →AWS cloud development
- →Infrastructure as Code
- →Serverless applications
- →Cloud migration projects
- →DevOps automation
Technical Details
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Amazon Q Developer?
Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) is AWS's AI-powered coding assistant optimized for Amazon Web Services development. Note: As of November 24, 2025, Q Developer CLI is being rebranded to 'Kiro CLI'. The service now features autonomous agents for multi-step tasks, advanced conversational AI for AWS resource management, and enhanced cost management capabilities. With project-wide context analysis, sophisticated code transformations (like Java 8 to Java 17 migration), AWS API optimization, security vulnerability scanning, and CLI completions, it's perfect for cloud developers working in the AWS ecosystem. Free for individuals with an AWS account.
How much does Amazon Q Developer cost?
Amazon Q Developer offers freemium pricing. Plans include: Free (Individual): $0/month, Pro: $19/user/month.
What programming languages does Amazon Q Developer support?
Amazon Q Developer supports 8+ programming languages including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C#, Go, Rust, 15+ languages.
What AI models does Amazon Q Developer use?
Amazon Q Developer is powered by Amazon proprietary models.
What platforms does Amazon Q Developer support?
Amazon Q Developer is available on macOS, Linux, Windows.
What can Amazon Q Developer do?
Amazon Q Developer provides code completion, code generation, debugging, AI chat, agentic/autonomous mode. Key features include: Includes all features of CodeWhisperer, AWS API and service optimization, Security vulnerability scanning.
Pricing
Free (Individual)
$0/month- •50 agentic requests/month
- •1,000 code transformations/month
- •Code completions
- •Security scanning
Pro
$19/user/month- •Unlimited agentic requests
- •Unlimited code transformations
- •Advanced features
- •Team features
Company
- Name
- Amazon Web Services
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Users
- Thousands of AWS developers
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