Detailed overview

Amazon CodeWhisperer has been rebranded and merged into Amazon Q Developer, an AI coding assistant trained on billions of lines of code including AWS documentation. It offers real-time code suggestions, a security scanner that flags vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting, and agentic capabilities that can autonomously implement features, write tests, refactor code, and perform software upgrades (e.g., Java version upgrades and .NET Windows-to-Linux porting). It is also available in the AWS Management Console, Slack, and Microsoft Teams to help optimize cloud costs, review architecture, and troubleshoot operational issues, and can assist with data pipeline and ML development tasks. AWS has announced that support for the Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins will end on April 30, 2027, recommending Kiro as the successor for agentic coding, chat, and MCP support.

Pricing details

Free tier available. Professional tier at $19/user/month with enterprise features.

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Key features

AWS API suggestions
Security scanning
Reference tracker
Multi-language support
CLI suggestions
Agentic task automation (feature implementation, testing, refactoring, code review)
Application transformation (Java upgrades, .NET porting)
AWS Management Console, Slack, and Teams integration
Data pipeline and ML development assistance

Systems you can build

SaaS web apps
APIs
Data pipelines
Java applications
.NET applications
AWS cloud infrastructure

Strengths

Excellent for AWS projects
Built-in security scanner
Free tier generous
Strong enterprise support

Limitations

Less effective outside AWS ecosystem
Heavier IDE plugin
More limited IDE support

Verification sources

Listing details are checked against official sources.

https://aws.amazon.com/codewhisperer