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Amazon Q Developer vs GitHub Copilot
Amazon Q Developer or GitHub Copilot? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Inline completion, Chat about your code, Knows the whole codebase, Reviews pull requests, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Command line
- Only GitHub Copilot states: Agent that edits files, Runs commands, Choice of models, No code retained, Builds agents and workflows, Search over your data
Amazon Q Developer
AI assistant for coding, AWS operations, security scanning, application modernization, and data and AI development.
Plans
Free Tier
Free
- 50 agentic requests per month (Q&A chat, agentic coding)
- 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades transformation
- IDE plugins and CLI
- Reference tracking and suppress public code suggestions
- General Q&A and diagnose errors in AWS Console
Pro Tier
- $19/mo. per user
- Everything in Free tier with increased agentic request limits
- 4,000 lines of code per month per user (pooled at account level) for Java upgrades; extra at $0.003/LOC
- Admin dashboard with user and policy management
- IP indemnity
- Automatically opted out of data collection
Prices checked 2026-09-26 by web search.
Capabilities
- Inline completion — “Amazon Q Developer generates real-time code suggestions ranging from snippets to full functions based on your comments and existing code.” source
- Chat about your code — “It also supports inline chat directly in the code editor, and CLI completions and natural language–to-bash translation in the command line.” source
- Knows the whole codebase — “Securely connect Amazon Q Developer to your private repositories to generate even more relevant code recommendations, ask questions about your company code, and understand your internal code bases faster.” source
- Reviews pull requests — “Use Amazon Q Developer within GitHub to implement features, perform code reviews, and transform Java applications to streamline the developer experience (preview).” source
- VS Code — “Amazon Q Developer provides inline code suggestions, vulnerability scanning, and chat in popular integrated development environments (IDEs), including JetBrains, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, VS Code, and Eclipse (preview).” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “Amazon Q Developer provides inline code suggestions, vulnerability scanning, and chat in popular integrated development environments (IDEs), including JetBrains, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, VS Code, and Eclipse (preview).” source
- Command line — “Get CLI autocompletions and AI chat in your favorite terminal (locally and over Secure Shell).” source
Latest updates
- End of support notice
On April 30, 2027, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins.
- Updated account limit for subscriptions
You can now subscribe users in a maximum of 20 accounts per AWS Region, per organization, increased from 10.
- Deprecated code transformation for GitLab
Code transformation capabilities for Java modernization have been deprecated for GitLab Duo with Amazon Q Developer.
GitHub Copilot
AI coding assistance for code completion, chat, agents, code review, and command-line workflows.
Plans
Free
Free
- Limited chat and agent usage
- CLI included
- Agent mode included
- 2,000 inline suggestions per month
- Copilot Spaces included
Pro
- $10 per month
- App modernization for Java and .NET
- Assign work to Copilot to create a pull request
- Code review in GitHub and code editors
- Cloud agent included
- Unlimited inline suggestions
- Copilot Spaces included
Pro+
- $39 per month
- Delegate tasks to third-party coding agents (Preview)
- Cloud agent included
- Code review in GitHub and code editors
- Unlimited inline suggestions
- Copilot Spaces included
- CLI included
Max
- $100 per month
- Cloud agent included
- Code review in GitHub and code editors
- Unlimited inline suggestions
- Copilot Spaces included
- CLI included
- Built for heavy Copilot usage
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Inline completion — “Unlimited code completion and next edit suggestions” source
- Chat about your code — “All the offerings include both inline suggestion and chat assistance.” source
- Agent that edits files — “Assign work to Copilot to research, plan, and write code — with or without a pull request” source
- Knows the whole codebase — “GitHub Copilot Enterprise can index an organization’s codebase for a deeper understanding of the customer’s knowledge for more tailored suggestions” source
- Runs commands — “run terminal checks” source
- Reviews pull requests — “Pull request reviews in GitHub” source
- VS Code — “GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio.” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio.” source
- Command line — “Use Copilot from your terminal” source
- Choice of models — “Choose from leading LLMs optimized for speed, accuracy, or cost.” source
- No code retained — “Prompts and Suggestions: Not retained” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “Turn skills and prompts into repeatable work that can be run on a regular basis.” source
- Search over your data — “creating a shared source of truth that includes context from your docs and repositories.” source
Security
- SOC 2 — “GitHub’s API stays secure with ISO, SOC 2, and GDPR.” source
Latest updates
- More ways to request and configure Copilot code reviews
- Local sandboxing in the GitHub Copilot app
- OpenTelemetry in the GitHub Copilot app