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Qodo vs Amazon Q Developer: license, pricing and features compared (October 2026)

Qodo and Amazon Q Developer are both listed under AI coding agents. Pricing model: Qodo is "Trial then paid (credit-based)"; Amazon Q Developer is "Freemium". Free tier: Qodo: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. Amazon Q Developer: tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month (Java upgrades). Qodo is the better fit for: teams that want review automation on every pull request. Amazon Q Developer is the better fit for: AWS-centric teams already using Q Developer. Facts were read from vendor and GitHub pages on Oct 25, 2026 and are Reported; what we ran ourselves is under What we measured.

Our pick: Pick Qodo for teams that want review automation on every pull request; pick Amazon Q Developer for AWS-centric teams already using Q Developer. No overall winner: we have not benchmarked them against each other. Updated (America/Chicago).

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Evidence: Reported for both tools. The facts in the tables were read from each vendor's own pages and the public GitHub API on 2026-10-25 (America/Chicago). The What we measured section says what we have not run yet; anything we could not confirm is marked as not captured.

Qodo

Qodo

Reported

AI code review platform with 15+ agentic workflows for IDEs, pull requests and security, priced by team credits.

Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Web Services

Reported

AWS's AI coding assistant for IDEs and the CLI, with a free tier and a $19 Pro tier; IDE plugin support ends April 30, 2027.

Side by side, from what we recorded

Each row compares one recorded fact for both tools. Rows are not weighted and nothing is added up into a score; the note under each row says what the marker means.

  • Evidence

    Reported for Qodo
    Reported for Amazon Q Developer

    Tested = we ran it (smoke test); Reported = we read official sources

  • Pricing we could verify

    Partly verified for Qodo
    Verified from official page (Amazon Q Developer is ahead on this row) for Amazon Q Developer

    About our evidence only, not about the price

  • Steps in our setup guide

    2 for Qodo
    2 for Amazon Q Developer

    Counts our guide's steps, not difficulty

  • Sources we cite

    2 for Qodo
    2 for Amazon Q Developer

    How much we had to read; more is not better

A list of recorded differences, not a quality score or a ranking. We have not benchmarked these tools against each other; the smoke-test row links each tool's own log. How we label evidence.

What we measured

We have not run either Qodo or Amazon Q Developer ourselves yet, so nothing on this page is Tested; it is Reported from vendor and GitHub pages. Below is what we will run, so the comparison can rest on our own results.

Our own tests for Qodo and Amazon Q Developer
TestQodoAmazon Q Developer
Hands-on test log (install and a real task)Not tested yet. What we will run: the same failing-unit-test fix in a fresh repository, scored by whether the tests pass, with wall time and tool calls.Not tested yet. What we will run: the same failing-unit-test fix in a fresh repository, scored by whether the tests pass, with wall time and tool calls.

How we test and label results: methodology. All test logs: test hub.

Qodo vs Amazon Q Developer at a glance

Qodo and Amazon Q Developer are both listed under AI coding agents. Qodo: AI code review platform with 15+ agentic workflows for IDEs, pull requests and security, priced by team credits. Amazon Q Developer: AWS's AI coding assistant for IDEs and the CLI, with a free tier and a $19 Pro tier; IDE plugin support ends April 30, 2027.

Qodo and Amazon Q Developer side by side (vendor pages and GitHub, 2026-10-25)
FeatureQodoAmazon Q Developer
VendorQodoAmazon Web Services
Listed underAI coding agentsAI coding agents
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
Pricing modelTrial then paid (credit-based)Freemium
Free tierFree 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'Free tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month (Java upgrades)
Paid plansPro Team from $30 (credits pooled across the team at $0.012 per credit; packs of 2,500, 5,000 and 20,000 credits listed); Enterprise by quotePro $19 per user per month: 4,000 lines of code per month per user pooled, IP indemnity, admin controls
PlatformsIDE, pull-request and CLI workflows (per site)IDE plugins and CLI; also general Q&A in the AWS Console
EvidenceReported from vendor pagesReported from vendor pages

How Qodo and Amazon Q Developer differ

  • Pricing model: Qodo is "Trial then paid (credit-based)"; Amazon Q Developer is "Freemium".
  • Free tier: Qodo: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. Amazon Q Developer: tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month (Java upgrades).
  • Plans and prices differ and are not like-for-like (credits, seats and usage limits vary), so we do not name a cheaper tool. The Paid plans row above quotes each vendor's plan list as read on Oct 25, 2026.
  • Platforms as the vendors list them: Qodo: IDE, pull-request and CLI workflows (per site). Amazon Q Developer: IDE plugins and CLI; also general Q&A in the AWS Console.

Neither tool publishes open-source code under a standard license, so you are choosing between hosted products.

Which should you pick?

  • Pick Qodo if: teams that want review automation on every pull request. Skip it if: you want a general-purpose coding agent.
  • Pick Amazon Q Developer if: AWS-centric teams already using Q Developer; teams that need IP indemnity (Pro). Skip it if: you are starting a new project: AWS says IDE plugin support ends April 30, 2027 and points to Kiro.

Strengths and limits

Strengths and limits as listed on each tool page
FeatureQodoAmazon Q Developer
StrengthsTrial with no card; Credits can be switched between packs anytime; No annual commitment on Pro TeamPerpetual free tier; IP indemnity on Pro; Console Q&A included
LimitsPer-user or per-seat unit of the $30 price is not clear from the page text; Several advanced features are Enterprise-onlyIDE plugins scheduled to be discontinued on April 30, 2027; Free tier is 50 agentic requests a month; Free-tier IDE limits apply to Builder ID users only

What we did not verify

  • Qodo: Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry).
  • Amazon Q Developer: Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry).
  • Output quality, speed and reliability beyond the smoke tests listed under What we measured: not compared.

FAQ

Is Qodo or Amazon Q Developer open source?

Qodo: Proprietary. Amazon Q Developer: Proprietary. Licenses come from each project's GitHub repository or the vendor's own pages, read Oct 25, 2026; read the license text itself before redistributing or building a competing service.

Does Qodo or Amazon Q Developer have a free plan?

Qodo: Free: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. Amazon Q Developer: Free: tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month (Java upgrades). Checked Oct 25, 2026; prices and limits change, so confirm on each vendor's page.

What is the main difference between Qodo and Amazon Q Developer?

Pricing model: Qodo is "Trial then paid (credit-based)"; Amazon Q Developer is "Freemium". Free tier: Qodo: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. Amazon Q Developer: tier: 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code per month (Java upgrades).

Sources

Page history

  • : First published. Facts read from vendor pages and the GitHub API on 2026-10-25.

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