Amazon Q Developer vs CodeGeeX
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Amazon Q Developer
AWS's sunsetting AI coding assistant — Kiro is the successor
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CodeGeeX
Zhipu AI's free Copilot alternative, big in China's dev scene
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.5 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free — unlimited completions + 50 agent chat interactions/month | Free individual use |
| Paid from | Pro $19/user/month (unlimited agent interactions, IP indemnification) | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 500k+ developers |
| Founded | 2024 | — |
| Maker | Amazon | Zhipu AI |
| Verdict | Amazon Q Developer is on the clock: AWS closed new signups on May 15, 2026 and ends support for the IDE plugins and paid subscriptions on April 30, 2027, steering everyone toward Kiro, its spec-driven successor. Until th... |
Free with no usage caps is CodeGeeX's whole argument, and it's a decent one: completion, code translation and in-IDE chat via VS Code (1.1M+ installs) and JetBrains plugins, running on the open-sourced CodeGeeX4-ALL-9B m... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.