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Amazon Q Developer

Composite Score
8.4 /10
CX Score
9.0 /10
Category
Amazon Q Developer
8.4 /10

What is Amazon Q Developer?

Amazon Q Developer (previously Amazon CodeWhisperer) The most capable generative AI–powered assistant for software development. To accelerate building across the entire software development lifecycle, Amazon Q agents can autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon Q Developer won the following awards in the AI Code Generation category

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Amazon Q Developer Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

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95 Plan to Renew

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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon Q Developer?

3% Negative
4% Neutral
93% Positive

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Respectful
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Bug Detection

80

Natural Language Generation

78

Summarization & Explanation

78

IDE Integration

78

Commenting

77

Multi-Language Support

77

Code Completion

76

Refactoring

74

Unit Tests

72

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Business Value Created

77

Vendor Support

77

Ease of Implementation

77

Quality of Features

77

Ease of Customization

77

Availability and Quality of Training

77

Usability and Intuitiveness

75

Breadth of Features

74

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

74

Ease of Data Integration

74

Ease of IT Administration

72

Amazon Q Developer Reviews

Alicia S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Helpful AWS Coding with Amazon CodeWhisperer

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon Q Developer from other similar products?

Amazon CodeWhisperer is tightly integrated with AWS services, making it an ideal choice for developers working within the AWS ecosystem. Its AI-powered code suggestions are tailored for cloud applications, offering more precise recommendations compared to other general-purpose coding assistants.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The seamless integration with AWS tools and services is incredibly valuable, especially when working on cloud projects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

At times, the suggestions can be repetitive or less contextually relevant, particularly for more complex or niche use cases, which can slow down productivity. This is one of the reason we have stopped using it now.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If team is already embedded in the AWS ecosystem, CodeWhisperer can be a great asset for accelerating development.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Akshat A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Q Developer from other similar products?

Amazon Code Whisper is an invaluable resource for both beginners and experienced developers alike. With clear explanations and practical examples, it demystifies coding concepts and guides readers through real-world applications.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy integration with code editors and accurate response.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It doesn't allow the user to explore new things in that particular programming language.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

its helps me to generate relevant solutions for my code. also its helps me to generate the unit test cases for my functions. overall its helping me to generate code quickly and precisely.

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Efficient Service
  • Fair
  • Altruistic

Cons

  • Leverages Incumbent Status

George A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2025

Agentic Transformer of Code and Cloud Management

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon Q Developer from other similar products?

Amazon Q Developer stands out for its deep AWS integration, agentic automation (it can analyze, refactor, and modernize code autonomously), and enterprise-grade security via IAM and data isolation. Unlike general tools like GitHub Copilot, it understands AWS services, helps with infrastructure setup, modernization (e.g., Java/.NET upgrades), and architecture guidance—making it ideal for teams building or managing apps on AWS.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Amazon Q Developer is its deep AWS awareness — it doesn’t just generate code but understands your AWS environment, helping you build, deploy, and troubleshoot applications seamlessly across services like Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Amazon Q Developer is that it’s heavily tied to AWS, making it less useful for multi-cloud or non-AWS projects. It can also feel complex to set up, requiring IAM configuration and repository linking before you get the full experience.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend Amazon Q Developer to teams already using AWS or planning to scale within it. To get the most out of it, integrate it early into your development workflow (IDE, CLI, or Console), and leverage its automation features for code modernization and infrastructure setup. However, if your stack is multi-cloud or not AWS-focused, consider a more general tool like GitHub Copilot.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

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