# Amazon Q Developer alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 170 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon Q Developer holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-q-developer/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- GitHub Copilot: 77
- Cursor: 9
- Tabnine: 4
- Windsurf: 4
- Cline: 3
- Continue: 2

## AI coding assistants

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Q Developer (Amazon Q Developer is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- GitHub Copilot: first choice in 35 of those 66
- Cursor: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Windsurf: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Cline: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Continue: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Devin AI: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Tabnine: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Q Developer (Amazon Q Developer is #7 of 11 at 0%).

- GitHub Copilot: first choice in 22 of those 56
- Tabnine: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Aider: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Claude: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Cline: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Continue: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Cursor: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Windsurf: first choice in 1 of those 56

**Enterprise**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Q Developer (Amazon Q Developer is #2 of 9 at 5%).

- GitHub Copilot: first choice in 20 of those 48
- Claude Code: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Cursor: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Gemini Code Assist: first choice in 1 of those 48
- GitHub Copilot for Business/Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 48
- JetBrains AI Assistant: first choice in 1 of those 48
- OpenAI: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Tabnine: first choice in 1 of those 48

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.