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Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer

AI-powered development companion for AWS

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Score Breakdown

7.2
7.2
7.6
Code Quality & Accuracy 7.4
7.3 7.2 7.8
Context Understanding 7.1
7.0 6.8 7.5
Multi-file Editing 6.6
6.4 6.3 7.0
Speed & Performance 7.7
7.7 7.8 7.6
Pricing Value 8.1
7.6 7.6 9.0
Ease of Use 7.3
7.3 7.0 7.5
Model Flexibility 5.0
5.0 5.0 5.0
Extension Ecosystem 8.7
8.5 8.6 9.0

Judge Opinions

Claude Opus 7.2

"Amazon Q Developer excels in its narrow lane: AWS-native development, security scanning, and Java modernization. The code transformation feature for upgrading Java versions and frameworks is a genuine enterprise differentiator. Outside AWS-centric workflows, its general-purpose coding capabilities fall noticeably short of the field."

+ Unmatched AWS service knowledge and IAM best practices
+ Code transformation automates Java framework upgrades
+ Strong built-in security scanning with remediation
+ Generous free tier for individual AWS developers
+ Deep integration across AWS console and infrastructure-as-code
- General-purpose coding quality trails market leaders significantly
- Zero model flexibility — locked to Amazon proprietary models
- Multi-file editing capabilities are rudimentary
- Limited IDE support compared to mainstream competitors
GPT-5.2 7.2

"Amazon Q Developer is an AWS-focused assistant that helps with application code, infrastructure-as-code, and service integrations inside supported IDEs. It also includes features like code transformations and security scanning aimed at enterprise workflows. Outside AWS-centric projects, suggestions can be less tailored to your stack and model choice is limited."

+ Strong for AWS infrastructure and service integration
+ Excellent security vulnerability scanning
+ Code transformation automates framework upgrades
+ Good value for existing AWS customers
- General-purpose coding output can be uneven outside AWS-focused tasks
- Locked into Amazon's proprietary models
- IDE support is limited to a smaller set of editors
- Outside AWS context, suggestions are often generic
Gemini 3 7.6

"Amazon Q Developer has evolved into a capable workspace companion, particularly for those deeply entrenched in the AWS ecosystem. Its agentic capabilities for feature implementation and Java version upgrades are genuinely impressive engineering feats. However, its reliance on Amazon's models leaves it slightly behind the cutting edge for general-purpose polyglot programming compared to tools using the latest Sonnet or o1 models."

+ Native, deep understanding of AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and services
+ Impressive 'Q Developer Agent' for autonomous software development
+ Automated Java version upgrades and framework modernizations
+ Generous free tier with meaningful monthly allowances
- Tied strictly to Amazon's model ecosystem (Bedrock)
- General-purpose coding falls short of SOTA models
- Chat interface can feel disjointed from the editor context

/// RECOMMENDED_USE_CASE

"AWS-focused development teams who need AI assistance deeply integrated with AWS services, security scanning, and infrastructure-as-code"

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