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Comparing as AI Code Editors & IDEs
Supermaven vs Amazon Q Developer

Supermaven

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Amazon Q Developer

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Detailed Comparison

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Pricing
FreemiumSupermaven operated a Freemium model during its active life (Feb 2024 – Nov 2025). The Free tier provided fast inline code completions with a 300,000-token context window, compatible with VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and Neovim — with no trial expiry. Pro was priced at $10/month (or $99/year), unlocking the 1 million token context window, access to Supermaven's largest Babble model, coding style adaptation, and $5/month in Supermaven Chat credits with a 30-day free trial. Team plans were also $10/user/month and added centralized billing and user management for companies. Supermaven was acquired by Cursor in November 2024. All paying subscribers were fully refunded in November 2025 when the standalone product was sunset. Free autocomplete inference was extended for existing Neovim and JetBrains users as a courtesy. The product is no longer available for new signups — Cursor is the recommended migration path.
FreemiumAmazon Q Developer offered two tiers during its active lifetime. The Free Tier provided 50 inline code suggestions/day, 25 agentic requests/month, 5 security scans/month, basic inline chat, and CLI completions — free for all AWS Builder ID holders. The Pro Tier cost $19/user/month and included unlimited code suggestions, 500 agentic requests/month, 30 security scans/month, enterprise access controls via IAM Identity Center, customization on private repositories, 4,000 pooled lines of code transformation (Java upgrades and .NET porting) per payer account, and no use of customer content for model training. As of May 15, 2026, new Q Developer Free Tier account creation and new subscription creation are blocked. Existing subscriptions remain active and can add users until April 30, 2027 (end-of-support date). AWS is directing all new users to Kiro (kiro.dev), which includes a subscription that also grants access to Q Developer IDE plugins during the transition window.
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AI Coding Assistants
Summary
The fastest AI copilot with a 1 million token context window
AWS's AI coding assistant — deprecated in favor of Kiro (EOS April 2027)
Supermaven

Supermaven Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Fastest inline code completions of any tool at launch — sub-250ms latency beats Copilot by 3x
  • 1 million token context window gives it codebase-wide awareness without slow retrieval
  • Generous always-free tier with no expiry for solo developers
  • Founded by Tabnine creator — deep domain expertise in efficient code completion models
  • Lightweight extension model — no new IDE required, works inside existing editors
  • Coding style learning personalizes suggestions over time

Cons

  • Product sunset in November 2025 after Cursor acquisition — no longer available for new signups
  • No agentic or multi-file editing capabilities (completions and chat only)
  • Chat credits limited on Pro tier ($5/month) with overage charges
  • Extension API limitations in VS Code/JetBrains constrained more advanced features
  • 7-day code data retention limit on free tier raised some privacy concerns for teams
Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Deepest AWS ecosystem integration of any coding assistant — native support for AWS Console, SageMaker, CloudFormation, CodePipeline, and more
  • Free Tier was genuinely usable for AWS-focused solo developers with no credit card required
  • Built-in security scanning and code transformation (Java runtime upgrades, .NET porting) for enterprise modernization
  • Trusted by enterprise customers for AWS-specific guidance with the highest reported code acceptance rates in the industry (BT Group: 37%, National Australia Bank: 50%)
  • CLI integration with natural language–to-bash translation for DevOps and infrastructure workflows
  • Console integration extends AI assistance beyond the IDE into the AWS Management Console, Slack, and Teams

Cons

  • New signups blocked since May 15, 2026 — IDE plugin and paid subscriptions reach full end-of-support on April 30, 2027
  • Being replaced by Kiro — latest models (Claude Opus 4.7+) are only available on Kiro, not Q Developer
  • Code transformation (Java, .NET) will be inaccessible after April 30, 2027 — users must complete migrations before then
  • AWS Console and first-party integrations (Slack, Teams) continue, but IDE-specific features are sunsetting
  • Less flexible than Cursor or Windsurf for non-AWS workloads — best value only for AWS-heavy teams