Amazon Q Developer vs Cursor

A side-by-side comparison of Amazon Q Developer and Cursor — pricing, free tiers, and who each tool is genuinely best for.

	Amazon Q Developer	Cursor
Tagline	AWS's AI coding assistant for building, transforming, and operating on AWS	The AI-first code editor built for working at the speed of thought
Category	AI Coding	AI Coding
Pricing	Free tier; Pro from ~$19/user/mo	Free Hobby tier; Pro ~$20/user/mo; Business ~$40/user/mo
Free tier
Best for	Teams building on AWS who want an assistant that understands their cloud services and can automate code transformations.	Professional developers who want a full AI-native IDE with strong multi-file agentic editing and model choice.
Not for	Developers outside the AWS ecosystem who want a vendor-neutral, frontier-model-first experience.	Developers unwilling to switch away from their current editor or who only need lightweight inline suggestions.
Use cases	AWS-aware code completion Java version upgrades Code transformation Infrastructure troubleshooting Agentic feature development	Multi-file refactoring Codebase-wide chat Agentic feature building Predictive multi-line autocomplete Debugging with context
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Choose it if: Teams building on AWS who want an assistant that understands their cloud services and can automate code transformations.

Choose it if: Professional developers who want a full AI-native IDE with strong multi-file agentic editing and model choice.