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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

About 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.

About Claude Code