AI Code Comparison

Amazon Q Developer vs. Cursor

At a glance

Amazon Q Developer

Best for

Best for AWS-native teams that want coding help wired into the AWS ecosystem.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Cursor

Best for

Best for developers who want AI woven deeply into their editor with strong multi-file editing.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Amazon Q Developer	Cursor
Starting price	lower value Perpetual free tier; Pro $19 / user / month Pro includes 1,000 agentic requests per month.	Free tier; Pro $20 / month Around $16 per month billed annually. Pro+ $60, Ultra $200, Teams $40 per user.
Free trial	Perpetual free tier	Free tier
Commercial use	Yes	Yes
Output	Completions, chat and agentic requests	AI-native editing with a multi-file agent (Composer)
API	N/A	Yes, a documented Cloud Agents API and Origin API, admin, analytics, code-tracking and Bugbot APIs for teams, plus TypeScript and Python SDKs
Where it runs	IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse), the command line, and the AWS Console, plus Slack and Teams	Its own editor, a VS Code fork
Inline completions	Yes, completions and chat	Yes, Tab: multi-line edits, cross-file suggestions, missing imports, and next-edit prediction that jumps to the following edit location
Agent mode	Yes, agentic requests, 1,000 per month on Pro	Yes, Composer for complex multi-file refactors, with codebase understanding and .cursorrules
Model choice	Latest Claude models	Yes, Claude, GPT and others
Data control	Pro content is not used for service improvement; opted out by default	Privacy Mode, which an admin can set for a whole team or enterprise so new members inherit it; ISO/IEC 27001 and 42001 certified with a SOC 2 Type II attestation
Ecosystem fit	AWS, with strong AWS API support	GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, JetBrains, Slack and Linear, plus MCP servers, plugins and rules
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Not stated	Email helpdesk, Community forum
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio, Eclipse, GitLab, GitHub, Slack, Microsoft Teams	GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Slack, Linear, Notion, JetBrains

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Amazon Q Developer Perpetual free tier; Pro $19 / user / month Cursor Free tier; Pro $20 / month
Free trial Amazon Q Developer Perpetual free tier Cursor Free tier
Company size Amazon Q Developer Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Cursor Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Output Amazon Q Developer Completions, chat and agentic requests Cursor AI-native editing with a multi-file agent (Composer)
API Amazon Q Developer N/A Cursor Yes, a documented Cloud Agents API and Origin API, admin, analytics, code-tracking and Bugbot APIs for teams, plus TypeScript and Python SDKs

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Amazon Q Developer

Strengths

Deep AWS integration
Perpetual free tier
Strong for AWS-native work

Limitations

General-purpose coding trails the leaders
Most value inside AWS

Cursor

Strengths

Best AI-integrated editing experience
Maturest AI-native IDE ecosystem
Multi-model choice

Limitations

Requires switching editors, which means IDE lock-in
Power tiers get expensive

Plans

Pricing

Amazon Q Developer

Free $0 Perpetual.
Pro $19 Per user per month, includes 1,000 agentic requests.

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Cursor

Free $0
Pro $20 Per month, around $16 billed annually.
Pro+ $60 Per month.
Ultra $200 Per month.
Teams $40 Per user.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Amazon Q Developer

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Cursor

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Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

Amazon Q Developer https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/ · no check date recorded yet

Cursor https://cursor.com · no check date recorded yet

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