Public Amazon Q Developer website or interface screenshot
About Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Q Developer is AWS's generative AI assistant designed to accelerate software development across VS Code, JetBrains, command-line environments, and the AWS Console. Its perpetual Free Tier includes inline code completions, coding chat, security vulnerability scans, and up to 50 agentic tasks per month using a free AWS Builder ID without providing a credit card.
AI coding assistanceCode completionCoding chatSecurity scanningCLI integration
Free Offer Specs
Allowance
Free Tier includes inline code suggestions, reference tracking, security scans, and 50 agentic requests per month via AWS Builder ID.
Resets
Monthly
Commercial use
Allowed
Requirements
Account
Yes
Credit card
No
Watermark
No
Best For
✓AI coding assistance
✓Inline code completions
✓Security scanning
✓AWS cloud development
Important Restrictions & Access Notes
•Agentic requests are capped at 50 per month on the Free Tier
•Code transformation is limited to 1,000 lines of code per month
•Platform: Supported IDE (VS Code, IntelliJ, etc.) or terminal
•Verification: AWS Builder ID (free personal profile, no credit card required)
Cursor is an AI-first code editor built on a fork of VS Code, engineered for deep codebase understanding, multi-file code generation, and terminal execution. Its Hobby plan provides a recurring free tier with included tab code completions and agent requests without requiring a credit card.
AI coding assistanceCode completionCodebase indexingCoding agentMulti-file edits
Free Offer Specs
Allowance
Hobby plan includes limited Tab completions and agent requests each month, plus an initial 2-week Pro trial upon signup.
Resets
Monthly
Commercial use
Allowed
Requirements
Account
Yes
Credit card
No
Watermark
No
Best For
✓AI coding assistance
✓Full-codebase understanding
✓Autonomous agent edits
✓AI pair programming
Important Restrictions & Access Notes
•Monthly agent and tab completions are metered and capped on the Hobby tier
•Requires using the standalone Cursor editor instead of standard VS Code
Public GitHub Copilot website or interface screenshot
About GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot provides inline coding suggestions plus chat and agent features across supported editors and GitHub. The free plan is useful for trying assisted coding without a paid subscription, but its monthly usage is deliberately limited.
