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Amazon Q Developer vs Kilo Code
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
A
Choose Amazon Q Developer if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: software developers, aws cloud engineers
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Choose Kilo Code if…
- you want the lower entry price ($15/mo vs $19/mo)
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on macOS, Windows, Linux
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Amazon Q Developer Kilo Code
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$19/mo$15/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
GitHub stars—27.8K
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
Bring your own key—
Local / self-hosted models—
MCP support—
PlatformsWeb, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack, iOS, AndroidVS Code, JetBrains, Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, Slack, Self-hosted
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAmazon Web Services, Inc.Kilo Code, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded—2025
Part ofAmazon.com, Inc.Anaconda
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
K Kilo Code
- Ask, Plan, Code, Debug and Custom agent modes
- 500+ models from 60+ providers at no markup
- Bring your own API keys
- Local models via Ollama or LM Studio
- Auto Model routing across Efficient, Frontier and Free tiers
- Parallel agents in isolated worktrees
- Cloud agents and AI code review
- CLI for shells, scripts and CI jobs
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Amazon Q Developer
FreeFree
Pro$19/mo per user
Kilo Code
Free & Open SourceFree
Teams$15/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Kilo PassFrom $19/mo
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
Kilo Code
- Free and MIT-licensed open source, with self-hosting possible
- Gateway inference billed at exact provider rates with no markup
- Supports BYOK and local models
- Available in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, cloud, Slack and mobile
- Inference and cloud compute are billed separately from the plan
- 5% processing fee on credit purchases
- Desktop app is still in beta
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
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