Amazon Q Developer vs Windsurf

Side-by-side comparison of Amazon Q Developer and Windsurf: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price		USD 20/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	AWS (Amazon)	Multiple providers: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus leading open source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2
Founded	2023	2024
Headquarters	Seattle, United States	Mountain View, US
Key strengths	·Agentic coding capabilities (feature implementation, documentation, testing, code review, refactoring) ·Real-time inline code suggestions ·Security vulnerability scanning and remediation ·AWS expertise and console integration	·AI-powered IDE with agent management (Devin Desktop / Spaces) ·Multi-agent orchestration and Kanban view ·Supercomplete next-thought code prediction ·Fast Context for instant codebase search