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Amazon Q Developer

Composite Score
8.4 /10
CX Score
8.9 /10
Category
Amazon Q Developer
8.4 /10

What is Amazon Q Developer?

Amazon Q Developer (previously Amazon CodeWhisperer) The most capable generative AI–powered assistant for software development. To accelerate building across the entire software development lifecycle, Amazon Q agents can autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon Q Developer won the following awards in the AI Code Generation category

Amazon Q Developer Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1
Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

Up 7
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 7
Since last award


Emotional Footprint Overview

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
94%
Negotiation and Contract:
94%
Conflict Resolution:
93%
Strategy & Innovation:
94%
Service Experience:
96%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon Q Developer?

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5% Negative
5% Neutral
90% Positive

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Unique Features
  • Respectful
  • Generous Negotitation

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Summarization & Explanation

82

Natural Language Generation

81

Code Completion

79

IDE Integration

79

Refactoring

78

Multi-Language Support

78

Commenting

78

Bug Detection

77

Unit Tests

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of Customization

79

Vendor Support

79

Quality of Features

79

Ease of Implementation

78

Availability and Quality of Training

77

Breadth of Features

77

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

77

Business Value Created

77

Usability and Intuitiveness

76

Ease of Data Integration

76

Ease of IT Administration

75

Amazon Q Developer Reviews

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Banking
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Easy to use, and a fantastic product!!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Appreciates Incumbent Status

Wisdom E.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Best choice for developers deeply invested in AWS

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon Q Developer from other similar products?

What differentiates Amazon CodeWhisperer is it's AWS-specific optimizations, focus on security and developer productivity, and affordable access through its free tier for individual AWS users.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's support for popular IDEs

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have no particular dislike for the product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is an application that focuses on Security. It identifies security vulnerabilities in code and provides suggestions

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service

Sumit S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Amazon CodeWhisperer: A Comprehensive Review

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon Q Developer from other similar products?

CodeWhisperer’s tight integration with AWS offers tailored suggestions for AWS services, libraries, and best practices, making it especially useful for cloud-focused developers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Amazon CodeWhisperer is its seamless integration with the AWS ecosystem.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The main downside of CodeWhisperer is its focus on AWS, which limits its versatility for non-AWS workflows compared to other.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're focused on AWS, CodeWhisperer is a great choice. However, for broader platform support, consider alternatives like GitHub Copilot. It's especially useful for security-conscious projects.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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