How much does Amazon Q Developer cost?
- Free plan
- Yes
In your favor
- Free plan. Perpetual free tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades; IDE limits only for Builder ID users
Watch out for
- Extra usage is billed. Transformation usage beyond pooled 4,000 lines per Pro user is $0.003 per line
- Going over the Pro Tier allowance costs $0 per line of code. Included: 4000 lines of code (transformation).
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Sign up free with an AWS Builder ID or AWS account "Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier"
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Not stated
What Amazon Q Developer does
Amazon Q Developer gives code suggestions, chat, vulnerability scanning and agentic coding in JetBrains, VS Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse (preview) and the command line. It has a free tier and a $19 per user per month Pro tier, and AWS will end support for the IDE plugins on April 30, 2027 in favor of Kiro.
- Good for
- Developers and teams building on AWS, and Java and .NET teams doing upgrades or porting. Existing IDE plugin users should note the April 30, 2027 end of support.
- Channels
- JetBrains plugin, VS Code extension, Visual Studio extension, Eclipse plugin (preview), Command line, AWS Console, Microsoft Teams, Slack, GitLab Duo with Amazon Q
- Main product
- Amazon Q Developer
- Also includes
- Inline code suggestions, Chat in IDE and CLI, Agentic coding, Vulnerability scanning, Unit test generation, Java upgrade and .NET porting
- Connects to
- JetBrains, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse, GitLab, Microsoft Teams, Slack, AWS IAM Identity Center
- Public API
- Not stated
- MCP server
- Not stated
- VS Code and JetBrains plugins
including JetBrains, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, VS Code, and Eclipse (preview)
- Autonomous agent mode
The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writ
- Whole-codebase context
Securely connect Amazon Q Developer to your private repositories to generate even more relevant code recommend
- Choice of multiple modelsNot stated
- No training on your codeNot stated
- SSO and audit logs
Identity center support with admin dashboards and controls
- Self-hosted or on-prem optionNot stated
- AI pull request review
eliminates much of the work involved in complex multistep tasks such as unit testing, documentation, and code
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Free: opt-out available; Pro: automatically opted out of data collection | "Data collection | Opt-out available | Automatically opted out"pricing |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | Not stated | |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Not stated | |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Pro tier via IAM Identity Center | "Identity center support with admin dashboards and controls"pricing |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | $0 | – | 50 agentic requests50 agentic requests per month; 1,000 lines of code per month | – | "50 agentic requests per month" |
| Pro Tierper user | $19 | – | 4000 lines of code (transformation)Agentic requests included with limits | $0/line of code | "Pro Tier: Expanded limits $19/mo. per user" |
Free plan: Perpetual free tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades; IDE limits only for Builder ID users
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Pro subscription pro-rated for the first month by days remaining "The subscription fee is pro-rated for the first month the user is subscribed based on the number of days remaining when the subscription is activated."
- Billed beyond usage
- Transformation usage beyond pooled 4,000 lines per Pro user is $0.003 per line "Usage that exceeds this allocation is charged $0.003 per LOC submitted."
- Contract
- Not stated
- Refunds
- Cancelling mid-month still charges the full month "If you choose to cancel a user's Amazon Q Developer subscription before the end of the month, you will be charged the full month's subscription fee."
- Auto renew
- Pro subscription renews monthly until canceled "which will then renew monthly until canceled."
- Price change notice
- Not stated
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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Questions
Is Amazon Q Developer free?
Yes. Perpetual free tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades; IDE limits only for Builder ID users Paid plans start at $19/month.
How much does Amazon Q Developer cost?
Paid plans start at $19 per month.
Does Amazon Q Developer train AI on your data?
Free: opt-out available; pro: automatically opted out of data collection, according to Amazon Q Developer: "Data collection | Opt-out available | Automatically opted out"