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 AI coding assistant, closed to new users and sunsetting in 2027 Visit CodeGeeX Zhipu AI's free coding plugin, now overshadowed by its GLM Coding Plan Visit
RECATOOLS Score 6.5 / 10 6.4 / 10
Capability 7 6
Value for money 8 8
Ease of use 7 7
ASEAN readiness 7 5
API quality 8 6
Pricing Subscription Freemium
Free tier Closed to new users since 15 May 2026; existing Builder ID users keep 50 agentic requests/mo and 1,000 lines/mo of Java upgrades Plugin completely free for individual users, per the vendor FAQ; no usage limits published
Paid from Pro $19/user/mo, existing subscriptions only; new sign-ups closed 15 May 2026, EOS 30 Apr 2027 Enterprise private deployment quoted on request
Has API ✓ ✓
Open source ✗ ✓
Free to use ✗ ✓
Users — 500k+ developers
Founded 2024 2022
Maker Amazon (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Knowledge Atlas Technology (Zhipu AI)
Verdict

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...

CodeGeeX is still free for individuals and still works: completion, comments, code translation, chat and, since September 2025, a basic agent in VS Code and JetBrains. Its open CodeGeeX4-ALL-9B model was strong for its s...

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