# Amazon Q Developer Formerly Codewhisperer

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-q-developer-formerly-codewhisperer
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-q-developer-formerly-codewhisperer.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-q-developer-formerly-codewhisperer/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://amazon.com
- **Slug:** amazon-q-developer-formerly-codewhisperer
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, cybersecurity, developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Deepest integration with AWS services, enabling developers to troubleshoot and optimize cloud infrastructure directly from their code editor.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Amazon Q Developer is an AI-powered software development assistant that helps developers throughout the software development life cycle. Formerly known as AWS CodeWhisperer, it provides real-time code suggestions, security vulnerability scans, and automated code transformations within integrated development environments (IDEs) and the AWS Console.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - IDE Extensions (VS Code
  - JetBrains)
  - AWS Console Integration
  - Amazon Q Developer Agents
  - Security Scanning.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Freemium (Free Individual tier, Subscription for Pro/Enterprise)
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Individual Developers, Enterprise Software Teams, DevOps Engineers.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - GitHub Copilot
  - Cursor
  - Claude Dev / Anthropic API integrations
  - Tabnine
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.