> Amazon Q
Amazon Q Developer is AWS's software-development assistant, available in IDE plugins, the CLI and the AWS Console, with two published tiers. The Free Tier is perpetual with monthly limits: 50 agentic requests per month covering Q&A chat and agentic coding, access to the latest Claude models, and 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades. The Pro Tier is $19 per user per month and raises the limits, adds 4,000 lines of code per user per month pooled at the AWS payer-account level for Java transformation, adds IAM Identity Center administration and IP indemnity, and bills excess transformation usage at $0.003 per line of code submitted.
Uses the same AWS Builder ID or imported refresh-token flow as Kiro, but keeps Amazon Q connections separate.
// pros
- The Free Tier is described as perpetual (not a trial) with an explicit allowance of 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades.
- Free Tier users get access to the latest Claude models in the IDE and CLI, so model capability is not the thing being gated.
- Pro transformation capacity pools at the AWS payer-account level: ten Pro subscriptions yield 40,000 lines per month before overage, billed at $0.003 per line submitted.
- Free-tier users have data collection opt-out available, while Pro is automatically opted out, and both tiers include reference tracking and suppression of public code suggestions.
- The first month of Pro is pro-rated based on days remaining when the subscription activates, and usage is metered daily as a fraction of a user-month.
// cons
- The Free Tier grants no IP indemnity and no admin dashboard with user and policy management; both are Pro-only.
- The 50 agentic requests per month are shared across IDE and CLI, IDE free limits are available only to Builder ID users, and chat through the AWS Console mobile app, AWS Chatbot and AWS marketing or documentation pages is governed exclusively by Free Tier limits.
- Transformation reverts to pay-as-you-go after the pooled allocation at $0.003 per line submitted, cancelling Pro mid-month still bills the full monthly fee, and AWS states it may update account usage based on regional factors, payment history or quota approvals.
- The product page carries an end-of-support notice: on April 30, 2027 AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and points users to Kiro for similar capabilities.
Use the perpetual Free Tier to evaluate agentic coding against your own repository before spending anything, and note that the 50-request monthly cap is shared by IDE and CLI. Upgrade to Pro when you need IP indemnity, centralized policy control, or more than 1,000 lines per month of Java transformation, and watch the pooling math because transformation capacity is aggregated at the payer account and then billed per line at $0.003.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
- Amazon Q Developer pricing page (Free and Pro tier comparison tables, transformation LOC limits and pooling, billing and cancellation FAQs) ↗
- Amazon Q Developer product page (Free Tier restated as 50 agentic chat interactions per month and 1,000 lines transformed per month, IDE plugin end-of-support notice, Pro content-use terms) ↗
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: No USD credit is granted: the official pricing page publishes a perpetual Free Tier as allowances (50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month for Java upgrades) alongside the $19 per user per month Pro tier and $0.003 per line overage (aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing, checked 2026-09-16).
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | free | — | — | — | Perpetual free tier: 50 agentic chat interactions/month, 1,000 LOC code transformation/month (Builder ID users; account-level for IAM). |
| Pro Tier | subscription | $19.00/mo | — | — | Approx $19/user/month; expanded limits, 4,000 LOC/month Java-upgrade allocation (pooled at payer-account level); $0.003 per LOC above allocation. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 | $0.035 | $0.140 | 128k |
| Nova Lite 1.0 | $0.060 | — | 300k |
| Amazon: Nova 2 Lite | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1M |
| Nova Pro 1.0 | $0.800 | — | 300k |
| Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 | $2.50 | $12.50 | 1M |
$ Does Amazon Q have a free tier?
Yes — Amazon Q offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on Amazon Q's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Amazon Q cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at Amazon Q is $0.035 per 1M input tokens and $0.140 per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from Amazon Q's published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is Amazon Q safe to use?
Uprouter rates Amazon Q as low risk. Medium risk. The Free Tier is a real perpetual allowance rather than a trial, which lowers cost risk, but it excludes IP indemnity and administrative controls and caps agentic use at 50 requests per month across IDE and CLI. Billing mechanics carry the sharper edge: transformed code is metered per line submitted after the pooled allocation at $0.003 per line, transformation drops to pay-as-you-go once the allocation is used, and cancelling Pro mid-month is still charged the full monthly fee. Lifecycle risk is explicit in the vendor's own notice, which sets April 30, 2027 as the end of support for the Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and directs users to Kiro. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
price_history
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live_status
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risk_&_confidence
Medium risk. The Free Tier is a real perpetual allowance rather than a trial, which lowers cost risk, but it excludes IP indemnity and administrative controls and caps agentic use at 50 requests per month across IDE and CLI. Billing mechanics carry the sharper edge: transformed code is metered per line submitted after the pooled allocation at $0.003 per line, transformation drops to pay-as-you-go once the allocation is used, and cancelling Pro mid-month is still charged the full monthly fee. Lifecycle risk is explicit in the vendor's own notice, which sets April 30, 2027 as the end of support for the Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and directs users to Kiro.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Amazon Q's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "amazon/nova-pro-v1",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
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