Amazon Quick

Overview

Amazon Quick is AWS's AI assistant for work, driven by natural language chat and carried out by agents that act against connected data sources and applications. It is organised as one product with several parts: Quick Index connects an organisation's documents and data sources so answers are grounded in them, Quick Research works across the web and that internal data and returns a cited report, Quick Flows automates repetitive tasks, Quick Automate builds multi-step business process automations, Apps in Amazon Quick turns a spoken description into an interactive web application, and Quick Sight is the business intelligence layer. Quick evolved from Amazon QuickSight, which continues as Quick Sight inside it, and AWS states that existing QuickSight APIs, SDKs and integrations keep working unchanged. Built-in connectors cover Jira, Box, Canva, HubSpot, Notion, QuickBooks, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Shopify, Slack, Smartsheet and Zoom, and the Model Context Protocol and OpenAPI are supported for anything not on that list. It runs on the web, as a desktop application that works with local files, and inside Chrome, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365. There are two ways in: a signup at aws.com/quick with an email or a Google, Apple, Amazon or GitHub account for the Free and Plus plans, or provisioning through the AWS Management Console with IAM Identity Center or IAM Federation for the Professional and Enterprise plans.

Best for organisations already on AWS that want research, automation, analytics and app building behind one assistant.

Quick is aimed at organisations whose data already sits on AWS, and that is the first question to settle, because the value comes from what the index can reach rather than from the chat window itself. The pricing ladder deserves a close read before a rollout: the per-seat headline matches an ordinary assistant subscription, but the two organisation plans sit behind an AWS account, add a flat monthly account fee and meter agent hours and index storage on top, so a pilot and a full deployment cost very different amounts per head. A team that only wants somewhere to type questions will find the setup heavier than it needs; a team that wants the assistant to actually run a recurring process week after week is the one the automation and app-building parts are built for. It is also a young product line, having replaced Amazon Q Business, which is closed to new customers, so treat capability claims as a snapshot.

Key Facts

Features

Ecosystem

AWS. Built-in connectors for Jira, Box, Canva, HubSpot, Notion, QuickBooks, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Shopify, Slack, Smartsheet and Zoom, plus MCP and OpenAPI for anything else; usable from the web, a desktop app, Chrome, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365

Live web search and sources

Yes, Quick Research works across the web and your own data and delivers the result as a cited report

Files and long documents

Yes, Quick Index connects organisation documents and data sources so answers are grounded in them, and the desktop app works with local files

Images, voice and video

Turns a conversation into documents, presentations, spreadsheets and images without leaving the app

Coding help

No coding assistant is documented. AWS aims Quick at anyone who works with information, stating that no technical skills or coding experience are required, and the apps, flows and automations it builds are described in natural language rather than written

Model choice

No model picker. AWS documents Quick as fully managed, with no infrastructure to provision, no models to host and no ML expertise required, and states that customer data is not used to train models on any plan

API

Existing Amazon QuickSight APIs, SDKs and integrations continue to work unchanged

Integrations

• Jira
• Box
• Canva
• HubSpot
• Notion
• QuickBooks
• Salesforce
• ServiceNow
• Shopify
• Slack
• Smartsheet
• Zoom
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft 365

Deployment and Support

Deployment

• Cloud (SaaS)
• Browser-based

Onboarding

• Documentation and knowledge base

Company size

• Freelancers
• Small and mid-sized
• Enterprise

Suitability

The table combines the industries the vendor addresses with the company sizes the tool is aimed at. An empty cell means the combination is not stated, not that it is ruled out.

Pros and Cons

Pricing

• Free

  $0

  No AWS account required.

• Plus

  $20

  Per user per month billed annually, $25 billed monthly. No AWS account required.

• Max

  $100

  Per user per month billed annually, $125 billed monthly.

• Professional

  $20

  Per user per month plus a $250 per account per month infrastructure fee. Requires an AWS account.

• Enterprise

  $40

  Per user per month plus a $250 per account per month infrastructure fee. Requires an AWS account.

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• Technology
• Consulting

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