Our Verdict
Amazon Q leads by rating
Amazon Q has higher user and editor ratings (4.5 vs 4.0). For premium quality, choose Amazon Q.
Amazon Q
Free (developer) | Pro $20/user/mo
AWS's business AI assistant for coding and cloud operations. Integrates with AWS services, IDEs, and management consoles. Can explain and fix issues in AWS infrastructure code.
Strengths
- Deep integration with AWS cloud services and console
- Strong security and enterprise permission guardrails
- Excellent for writing and debugging cloud infrastructure (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Helps with legacy Java migration and code modernizing
Could be better
- Not optimized for general non-AWS developers
- Interface in VS Code is less polished than Cursor
- Limited free tier options for teams
Windsurf
Free tier | Pro $15/mo
The first agentic IDE by Codeium. Powered by the Cascade agent, Windsurf supports real-time collaborative coding, terminal integration, and autonomous multi-file refactoring.
Strengths
- Cascade agent handles large autonomous refactors well
- Historically generous free tier
- Now backed by Cognition's Devin research
Could be better
- Opaque credit pricing frustrates power users
- Product direction uncertain post-acquisition
- Smaller plugin/extension ecosystem than Cursor
| Features |
Amazon Q |
Windsurf |
| Rating |
4.5 / 5.0 |
4.0 / 5.0 |
| Pricing Model |
subscription |
freemium |
| Pricing Detail |
Free (developer) | Pro $20/user/mo |
Free tier | Pro $15/mo |
| Category |
code |
code |
| Popularity |
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