# Amazon Q Developer

> Amazon Q Developer is a Agents & MCP tool with freemium / aws metering pricing. Best fit inside AWS shops; transformation agents differentiate from…

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- URL: https://www.isthereanytool.app/tool/amazon-q-developer
- Vendor: https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/
- Pricing: Freemium / AWS metering
- Platforms: VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, AWS consoles; CLI→Kiro path
- Category: [Agents & MCP](https://www.isthereanytool.app/category/coding-agents-and-ai-ides)

AWS coding assistant for IDE chat/agents, code transformation (e.g. Java upgrades), and AWS-aware guidance; CLI lineage

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