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Amazon Q Developer vs JetBrains AI
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
A
Choose Amazon Q Developer if…
- you work on VS Code, Slack, iOS
- you're in its core audience: software developers, aws cloud engineers
J
Choose JetBrains AI if…
- you want the lower entry price ($10/mo vs $19/mo)
- you're in its core audience: software developers, jetbrains ide users
Side by side
Feature Amazon Q Developer JetBrains AI
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$19/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Agent mode
CLI / terminal
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
Bring your own key—
MCP support
PlatformsWeb, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack, iOS, AndroidWeb, JetBrains
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAmazon Web Services, Inc.JetBrains s.r.o.
Based inUnited StatesCzech Republic
Founded——
Part ofAmazon.com, Inc.—
Key features
A Amazon Q Developer
- Real-time code suggestions and inline chat
- Agentic multistep coding with file edits and shell commands
- Security vulnerability scanning with suggested fixes
- Java version upgrades and .NET Windows-to-Linux porting
- CLI autocompletion and natural-language-to-bash
- Answers about AWS services, costs and resources
- Customization using private repositories
- GitLab, GitHub, Slack and Teams integrations
J JetBrains AI
- Run multiple coding agents in parallel across projects
- Supports Claude Agent, Codex, Junie, Copilot and OpenCode
- Connect other agents through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP)
- Review agent diffs and comment on specific lines
- Event-triggered automations for PRs, merges, issues and commits
- Bring your own provider subscription or API keys
- Shared cloud environments with team-wide MCP servers
- Admin controls over which models and agents people can use
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Amazon Q Developer
FreeFree
Pro$19/mo per user
JetBrains AI
AI FreeFree
AI TrialFree
AI Pro$10 or $20 (two figures listed)
AI Ultimate$30 or $60 (two figures listed)
AI Enterprise$60
Strengths and limitations
Amazon Q Developer
- Free tier with no time limit: 50 agentic requests a month
- Supports JetBrains, VS Code, Visual Studio and Eclipse (preview)
- Pro includes IP indemnity and is automatically opted out of data collection
- Built-in code transformation for Java and .NET
- AWS will end support for the IDE plugins on April 30, 2027
- Free tier is capped at 50 agentic requests a month
- Canceling Pro mid-month still incurs the full month's fee
- Extra transformation usage is billed at $0.003 per line of code
JetBrains AI
- Free tier includes 3 AI credits every 30 days
- Works with several third-party agents, not only JetBrains' own
- Accepts your own API keys or provider subscriptions
- Purchased credits stay valid for 12 months
- The free tier does not allow buying extra credits
- The IDE plugin for Air is in alpha
- Mobile app is listed as coming soon
- AI Free is not available in Android Studio or the Community editions of PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA
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