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Amazon Q Developer vs Claude Code
Amazon Q Developer or Claude Code? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Chat about your code, Knows the whole codebase, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Command line
- Only Amazon Q Developer states: Inline completion, Reviews pull requests
- Only Claude Code states: Agent that edits files, Runs commands
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.
Claude Code
Claude Code is an AI coding agent that works in terminals, IDEs, Slack, and the web to plan, write, test, and review code.
Plans
Free
Free
- Chat on web, desktop, and mobile
- Search the web, create files, and run code
- Memory across conversations
- Connect your apps and tools
- Create Artifacts
Pro
- $17 Per month with annual subscription discount
- $200 billed up front
- $20 if billed monthly
- Claude Code included
- More usage
- Hand off and schedule tasks
- Claude Design, Slides, Docs
- Claude Science
- Projects
Max
- From $100 Per month
- Claude Code included
- Choose 5x or 20x more usage than Pro
- Higher output limits for all tasks
- Early access to advanced Claude features
- Priority access at high traffic times
Standard seat
- $20 Per seat / month if billed annually
- $25 if billed monthly
- All Claude features, plus more usage than Pro
- Claude Code and Claude Cowork
- Claude Design, Slides, and Docs
- Claude Science
- Enterprise search across your organization
- Central billing and administration
Premium seat
- $100 Per seat / month if billed annually
- $125 if billed monthly
- 5x more usage than standard seats
- Claude Code and Claude Cowork
- Claude Design, Slides, and Docs
- Claude Science
- Enterprise search across your organization
- Central billing and administration
Enterprise
- US$20/seat/month, billed annually
- All Team plan features
- Admins set user and org spend limits
- Role-based access with fine grained permissioning
- System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
- Audit logs
- Custom data retention controls
Enterprise (sales-assisted)
Price on request
- All Team plan features
- Admins set user and org spend limits
- Role-based access with fine grained permissioning
- System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
- Audit logs
- Custom data retention controls
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Chat about your code — “I'm new to this codebase. Can you explain it to me?” source
- Agent that edits files — “Claude Code builds the plan, asks clarifying questions, and handles work that runs for hours or days.” source
- Knows the whole codebase — “Claude Code maps and explains entire codebases in a few seconds.” source
- Runs commands — “Claude Code runs in your terminal and works alongside your preferred IDE and development tools without requiring you to change your workflow.” source
- VS Code — “Native extensions for VS Code (+ Cursor, Devin Desktop) and JetBrains IDEs.” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “Native extensions for VS Code (+ Cursor, Devin Desktop) and JetBrains IDEs.” source
- Command line — “Super powerful terminal integration. Works with all your CLI tools alongside any IDE.” source
Latest updates
- 2.1.282 (2.1.282)
- 2.1.281 (2.1.281)
Added Claude Desktop policy keys, assumed-role and guardrail support for Bedrock upstreams, and telemetry resource attributes to gateway config.
- 2.1.280 (2.1.280)
Added Claude Opus 5.5 as the default Opus model, with a 1M context window and listed token pricing.