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Amazon Q Developer is AWS’s coding assistant, now in a transition: new sign-ups closed on May 15, 2026 and support ends April 30, 2027, with Kiro as the replacement.
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Amazon Q Developer is AWS’s AI coding assistant for IDEs and the AWS console, with code completion, chat, and code transformation features for Java and .NET.Status: AWS announced end-of-support for the Q Developer IDE plugins. New Free Tier accounts and new subscriptions have been blocked since May 15, 2026, and IDE plugins and paid subscriptions reach end of support on April 30, 2027. Existing Pro subscriptions can still add users during the transition.Replacement: AWS points developers to Kiro, its agentic development environment (IDE and CLI) built for spec-driven development. Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and some chat apps is not affected.Who it suits now: existing AWS teams already using Q Developer who are planning a move to Kiro. New users should evaluate Kiro or another coding assistant.Last verified: November 2026.
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Amazon Q Developer is AWS’s AI coding assistant for IDEs and the AWS console, offering completion, chat and code transformation.
No. AWS blocked new Free Tier accounts and new subscriptions from May 15, 2026.
IDE plugins and paid subscriptions reach end of support on April 30, 2027, according to AWS.
AWS points developers to Kiro, its agentic IDE and CLI built for spec-driven development.
Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and some other AWS surfaces are not affected by the IDE plugin end-of-support.
No. New users should evaluate Kiro or alternatives such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot or Claude Code.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- AWS-aware code completion and chat
- Java and .NET transformation features
- Existing Pro subscriptions can still add users
- Console features not affected by the sunset
- Clear migration path to Kiro
Cons
- New sign-ups closed on May 15 2026
- IDE plugin support ends April 30 2027
- Latest models are available only in Kiro
- Code transformation stops after the end-of-support date
- Not recommended for new projects
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