Amazon Q Developer vs GitHub Copilot

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

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	Amazon Q Developer AWS's AI coding assistant — deep integration with the AWS Console and infrastructure tooling. Visit	GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer that autocompletes and generates code inside your editor. Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Paid
Starting price	USD 19/mo	USD 10/mo
Free tier
Audience	Technical	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	AWS (Amazon)	OpenAI / Anthropic / Google
Founded	2023	2021
Headquarters	Seattle, US	San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·Agentic coding capabilities (feature implementation, testing, documentation, code review, refactoring) ·Real-time inline code suggestions and multiline completions ·Security vulnerability scanning and remediation ·AWS-native expertise and console integration	·inline autocomplete ·VS Code integration ·multi-model ·enterprise SSO