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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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
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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Pros
- Saves Time
- Respectful
- Unique Features
- Caring
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Natural Language Generation
Summarization & Explanation
IDE Integration
Commenting
Multi-Language Support
Code Completion
Refactoring
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Amazon Q Developer Reviews
Alicia S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2024
Helpful AWS Coding with Amazon CodeWhisperer
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Submitted Apr 2024
Easy to use, but a bit pricey.
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Adam H.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2025
It’s great so far I’d just like to see more cross
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon Q Developer from other similar products?
its been great so far and i've enjoyed all of the options and functions avalible however given that my role is regional it needs better intergration with 3p tools plus support in mulktiple languages
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its really easy to use and feature heavy and has great customisable features tools and widgets
What do you dislike most about this product?
the lack of 3p inetgration is an issues as is language support options
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Always recommend piloting prior to roll out
Pros
- Effective Service
- Continually Improving Product
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
Cons
- Less Performance Enhancing
- Less Productive
- Less Efficient Service