Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer was AWS's generative AI-powered coding assistant, launched in preview at AWS re:Invent 2023 and reaching general availability in April 2024. Built on Amazon's foundation models and deeply integrated with the AWS ecosystem, it offered AI code completions, inline chat, CLI autocompletions, natural language–to-bash translation, agentic task automation, security scanning, code transformation (Java upgrades, .NET porting), and workspace context awareness across VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, Visual Studio, and the AWS Console. It included a Free Tier (50 code suggestions/day, 25 agentic requests/month) and a Pro Tier at $19/user/month with enterprise controls, customization on private repositories, and higher usage limits.

In April 2026, AWS announced that Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and paid subscriptions would reach end-of-support on April 30, 2027. New signups for Q Developer Free Tier and new subscription creation were blocked starting May 15, 2026. The decision came after AWS built Kiro — a purpose-built agentic IDE using spec-driven development with Specs, Hooks, Steering files, Custom subagents, and Powers — to go beyond what a plugin-based assistant could achieve.

Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and first-party AWS experiences (AWS Documentation, Console Mobile App, Slack, and Microsoft Teams integrations) are NOT impacted and continue to be available. Developers using Q Developer IDE plugins have until April 30, 2027 to migrate to Kiro. All Java and .NET code transformation workflows should be completed before that date, with AWS Transform recommended as the successor.

Amazon 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.