Amazon Q Developer

Solid

AWS's AI coding assistant, tuned for cloud workloads.

3.9 / 5

How we rated it

3.9out of 5

Features4.0

Ease of use3.8

Value for money4.1

Support3.7

Compliance4.5

Review

“Makes the most sense for teams already deep in the AWS ecosystem.”

Amazon Q Developer is particularly strong at AWS-specific tasks: writing IAM policies, CloudFormation templates, and Lambda functions.

Outside of the AWS context it is a competent but unremarkable general coding assistant compared to category leaders.

Free

Individual use with limits

Pro

$19/mo

Higher limits, admin controls

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Cursor

An AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code.

Independent

No paid placements, ever.

Hands-on tested

Real use, not vendor demos.

Reviewed

March 2026

Verdict refreshed

We revisit as tools evolve.