Amazon Q Developer vs CodeGeeX vs GitHub Copilot vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
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
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CodeGeeX
Zhipu AI's free coding plugin, now overshadowed by its GLM Coding Plan
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GitHub Copilot
GitHub's coding assistant and agents, now billed in AI Credits
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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Cognition's agentic IDE, renamed from Windsurf in June 2026
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.5 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium | Freemium | 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 | Copilot Free: 2,000 inline suggestions a month plus limited chat and agent usage, no card required; free Student plan for verified students | Free: a light agent quota and limited model availability, with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits |
| 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 | $10/month (Pro, 1,500 AI Credits); Business $19 and Enterprise $39 per seat a month | Pro $20/month, Max $200/month, Teams $80/month plus $40 per seat |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 500k+ developers | 4.7m+ paid subscribers | Not reliably disclosed |
| Founded | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 | 2024 |
| Maker | Amazon (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) | Knowledge Atlas Technology (Zhipu AI) | GitHub, Inc. | Cognition AI, Inc. |
| 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... |
For teams already on GitHub, Copilot is still the lowest-friction way to add AI to the whole workflow: completions in almost every major editor, agents that work from issues and open pull requests, reviews on github.com,... |
Devin Desktop, the former Windsurf, is still a strong AI editor: unlimited Tab completions even on the free plan, a capable local agent, cloud agents on Pro, and the ability to run Codex or Claude Agent alongside Devin t... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.