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Amazon Q Developer vs GitHub Copilot

Amazon Q Developer (AWS) and GitHub Copilot (GitHub) both sit in Coding. GitHub Copilot is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $10/mo. GitHub Copilot shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (7 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.

AttributeAmazon Q Developer

AWS

GitHub Copilot

GitHub

SegmentCodingCoding
VersionDeveloperSeptember 2026 releases
Entry costFree tier · from $19/moFree tier · from $10/mo
Pricing tiersAmazon Q Developer Free Tier free · Amazon Q Developer Pro freeFree free · Pro $10 · Pro+ $39 · Max $100
Model stackAmazon Bedrock · Amazon Bedrock (underlying service) · Amazon Bedrock / Nova / Titan · Amazon Bedrock / Nova / Titan / Claude · Amazon Bedrock / Nova foundation models · Amazon Bedrock Foundation Models · Amazon Bedrock Models · Amazon Nova · Amazon Q · Bedrock Models · Claude · Nova · Nova Foundation modelsClaude 3.5 Sonnet · Claude 5 · Claude Fable 5 · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Haiku 5.5 · Claude Opus 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.6 · Claude Opus 4.7 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 4 · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Gemini 3 Pro · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · Gemini 4 Argon · GPT-5 mini · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.4 · GPT-5.5 · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · GPT-6 Astra · GPT-6 Luna · GPT-6 Sol · GPT-6.1 Sol · GPT-6.1 Terra · Grok 4.5 · Grok 4.5 Raptor mini · Grok 4.6 · Grok 4.7 · Kimi K2.7 Code · Kimi K3 · MAI-Code-1.1-Flash
Context window—Varies by model
Public API
Routes models
Changes / 30d47
OriginUnited StatesGlobal
CapabilitiesAgentic refactor, Java/.NET migration, AWS-aware context, CLI agent, inline code suggestions, agentic coding, vulnerability scanning, chatInline completion, Agent mode, Code review, Copilot Workspace, MCP support, Code completions, Next edit suggestions, Chat
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