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Amazon Q Developer vs Tabby
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Amazon Q Developer if…
- you work on Slack, iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: software developers, aws cloud engineers
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Choose Tabby if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: software developers, small development teams
Side by side
Feature Amazon Q Developer Tabby
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$19/mo$19/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal—
Local / self-hosted models—
MCP support—
PlatformsWeb, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack, iOS, AndroidSelf-hosted, VS Code, JetBrains, Web
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAmazon Web Services, Inc.TabbyML, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
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
T Tabby
- Context-aware code completion in the IDE
- Answer Engine for coding questions with cited sources
- Inline chat inside the code editor
- Context providers connecting docs and data sources
- Self-hosting on consumer-grade GPUs
- No external database or cloud service required
- Pochi agent for planning and executing tasks
- SSO, usage analytics and telemetry policies on Enterprise
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Amazon Q Developer
FreeFree
Pro$19/mo per user
Tabby
CommunityFree
Team$19/mo per seat
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby Cloud (Pochi)Usage-based
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
Tabby
- Open source and self-hostable
- Free Community plan for up to 5 users
- Supports VS Code, Neovim, Eclipse and many JetBrains IDEs
- Tab Completion on Tabby Cloud is free with no usage limits
- Free plan is limited to 5 users
- SSO and telemetry policy controls require the Enterprise plan
- Enterprise pricing is only available by contacting sales
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