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Amazon Q Developer vs Cody

Both are code assistant tools. Here is what separates them.

	Amazon Q Developer	Cody
What it is	Accelerate software development with Amazon Q Developer — an AI coding assistant that writes, debugs, and refactors code natively in your IDE.	A coding assistant grounded in Sourcegraph’s code search, so it answers from your whole codebase rather than the open tab.
Category	Code Assistant	Code Assistant
Pricing	Freemium · Free · Pro $19/user/mo	Freemium · Free · Pro $9/mo · Enterprise from $19/user/mo
How it bills	Per seat	Per seat
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Rating	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	Deep AWS service knowledge Infrastructure-as-code generation and review Automated Java and .NET upgrades Security scanning Console and IDE integration	Answers grounded in indexed repositories Cites the files it drew from Choice of underlying model VS Code, JetBrains and web Self-hosted option for enterprises
What works	Unmatched on AWS-specific work Free tier is usable Upgrade automation saves real weeks	Best-in-class at "where does this happen" questions Scales to very large codebases Model choice avoids lock-in
What does not	Little advantage outside AWS Slower than dedicated coding editors Enterprise-shaped setup	Requires indexing to be useful Generation quality trails dedicated editors Enterprise pricing climbs quickly

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