Amazon Q Developer
AWS's AI coding assistant, closed to new users and sunsetting in 2027
Overview
Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI coding assistant for IDEs, the CLI and the AWS console. New sign-ups closed on 15 May 2026 and IDE plugins and paid subscriptions end on 30 April 2027, with AWS moving developers to Kiro; console, mobile and Slack/Teams use continues. Pro $19 a user a month.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 1 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 50 agentic requests a month
- Java upgrades 1,000 lines a month
- Reference tracking
- Console Q&A and error diagnosis
- Agentic requests included (with limits)
- Java upgrades 4,000 lines a month pooled, then $0.003/line
- Admin dashboard, Identity Center
- IP indemnity; auto opt-out of data collection
Use cases
What you can produce with Amazon Q Developer
- Code suggestions, chat and agents in IDEs and the CLI (until 30 Apr 2027)
- Java and .NET transformation
- AWS console, mobile, Slack and Teams assistance (continues after the sunset)
- Reference tracking with licence attribution
- Migration path to Kiro
Amazon Q Developer is no longer something to adopt: AWS closed it to new sign-ups in May 2026 and ends the IDE plugins and paid subscriptions on 30 April 2027, steering developers to Kiro, where the newest coding models now live. Existing teams keep a capable assistant until then — agentic requests, Java upgrades, IP indemnity and admin controls on Pro at $19 a user — and the AWS console, mobile and Slack/Teams versions continue beyond the sunset. Kiro imports Q Developer's CLI settings, so migrations should be straightforward. Plan the move now rather than in April 2027.
What we found
Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI assistant for software development, launched in April 2024 when it absorbed CodeWhisperer. In IDEs and the command line it offers code suggestions, chat, agents for multi-step coding tasks, and Java and .NET transformation; in the AWS Management Console, the mobile app, Slack and Microsoft Teams it answers AWS questions and diagnoses errors. Suggestions that resemble public code are flagged with their licence.
It is being wound down. AWS announced on 30 April 2026 that new sign-ups would end on 15 May 2026, for free Builder ID accounts and new subscriptions alike, and that the IDE plugins and paid subscriptions reach end of support on 30 April 2027. Existing subscriptions can still add users. From 29 May 2026 Claude Opus 4.6 was removed from Q Developer Pro; Opus 4.5 and other models remain, and the newest coding models, such as Opus 4.7, are only on Kiro, AWS's successor coding product. The console, mobile and chat-app versions of Q Developer are not affected by the sunset. AWS points Java upgrades to AWS Transform custom and .NET work to AWS Transform full-stack Windows modernisation.
For existing users, the free tier includes 50 agentic requests a month and 1,000 lines a month of Java upgrades, with reference tracking and console help. Pro costs $19 a user a month, charged per use, and adds agentic requests included up to limits, 4,000 pooled lines a month of Java upgrades with $0.003 a line beyond that, an admin dashboard, automatic opt-out from data collection, IP indemnity and Identity Center support.
Kiro is where AWS wants developers to go. It has a free tier of 50 credits and paid plans from $20 a month for 1,000 credits to $200 for 10,000, and its command-line tool imports Q Developer's prompts, agents and MCP settings while keeping the q command working; JetBrains users move through JetBrains AI Assistant. Existing Q Developer teams should plan their migration now.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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