# Amazon Q Developer: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 43 judge labels across 1 category by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-q-developer

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI coding assistants](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ai-coding-assistants/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 9% | 43 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) if: You're already heavily invested in AWS infrastructure" (Kimi K2, AI coding)
- "followed by Tabnine and Amazon Q Developer (formerly Amazon CodeWhisperer) for their respective strengths" (Muse Glimmer 30B, AI coding)
- "best if you are heavily on AWS and want tight cloud/workflow integration plus security scanning" (GPT-5.4 mini, AI coding)
- "Stick with Amazon Q or Gemini only if you're heavily invested in AWS or Google Cloud" (Grok 4.20, AI coding)

## And against it

- "Shut down and folded into Amazon Q Developer in 2024... Avoid entirely: Discontinued tools (CodeWhisperer, Kite, Builder.ai)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, AI coding)
- "Documented cases of leaking valid secrets (similar to Copilot). AWS integration can amplify risks" (Grok 4.20, AI coding)
- "Similar credential memorization issues as Copilot ... still generates vulnerable code" (Kimi K2, AI coding)
- "Amazon Q Developer's free tier uses your code for training by default." (Muse Glimmer 30B, AI coding)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Amazon Q Developer, from 109 of the 129 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 48
- dev.to: 29
- docs.github.com: 27
- gane.ai/index: 26
- superblocks.com: 25
- aws.amazon.com: 19 (its own site)
- sourcegraph.com: 16
- augmentcode.com: 15
- bsi.bund.de: 15
- daily.dev: 15

### Pages cited

- https://bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/BSI/KI/ANSSI_BSI_AI_Coding_Assistants.pdf: 15
- https://parse.gl/markets/enterprise-ai-coding-assistants: 15
- https://superblocks.com/blog/best-ai-coding-assistants: 14
- https://superblocks.com/blog/best-ai-coding-tools: 12
- https://daily.dev/blog/best-ai-coding-assistants-comparison: 11
- https://sourcegraph.com/blog/best-ai-coding-assistant: 11
- https://getorchestra.io/guides/ai-assistants-coding: 10
- https://zapier.com/blog/ai-coding-tools: 10

## In its own words

What Amazon Q Developer's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Price stated: 专业销售账户的费用为 $39.99/月 + 销售费用。 (https://sell.amazon.com/zh/developers)
- Starting price: 39.99 (https://sell.amazon.com/zh/developers)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.