Head-to-Head Comparison

Amazon Q Developer vs Cody

Which Code Assistant is right for you? See our complete breakdown.

Amazon Q Developer

3/10 Visit Amazon Q Developer
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Cody

7/10 Our Pick Visit Cody
FeatureAmazon Q DeveloperCody
MegaOne Score3/107/10
CategoryCode AssistantCode Assistant
Pricing ModelFreemiumEnterprise
Starting Price$19.00/mo$59.00/mo
Free TierNoNo
API AvailableNoNo
Open SourceNoNo
iOS AppNoNo
Android AppNoNo
Chrome ExtensionNoNo
CompanyAmazon Web ServicesSourcegraph Inc.
Total Funding$8.1B$248M

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Amazon Q Developer Cody

About Amazon Q Developer

An AI coding assistant from AWS that writes, debugs, and refactors code, but new sign-ups were blocked on May 15, 2026, with end of support by April 30, 2027.

Amazon Q Developer is a generative AI-powered coding assistant designed to support software developers throughout the development lifecycle, offering real-time code suggestions, autonomous agents for multi-step tasks, code transformations, and AWS cloud integration. However, new sign-ups for its IDE plugins and paid subscriptions were blocked on May 15, 2026, and these components will reach end of support on April 30, 2027, with AWS directing users to Kiro as its successor.

About Cody

Cody is an AI coding assistant that leverages Sourcegraph's code intelligence platform to understand, write, and fix code faster for enterprise teams.

Cody is an AI coding assistant built on Sourcegraph's code search and code-graph technology, designed exclusively for enterprise engineering teams. It provides chat, autocomplete, code edits, and customizable prompts, grounded in the entire codebase across multiple repositories for accurate and context-aware suggestions. Cody integrates with popular IDEs like VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio, and supports various large language models.

Cody takes the edge

With a MegaOne score of 7/10 versus 3/10, Cody edges ahead of Amazon Q Developer in our analysis. However, Amazon Q Developer may still be the better choice depending on your specific use case and budget.