Amazon Q documentation hub — AI assistants for developers, business users, and enterprise workflows.
Overview
Amazon Q is AWS’s family of generative AI assistants built on Amazon Bedrock, designed for different personas and use cases.
Quick Links:
- Amazon-Q-Overview - Product family, architecture, pricing
- Amazon-Q-Developer - AI coding assistant
- Amazon-Q-Business - Enterprise AI assistant
- Amazon-Q-Apps - No-code app creation
Product Family
Amazon Q Developer
For: Software developers, DevOps engineers, data engineers
Key features:
- Code generation and autocomplete
- AWS expertise and troubleshooting
- Security scanning and fixes
- Agentic coding (SWE-Bench leader)
- Application transformation (.NET, Java)
🟡 Free tier available (50 agentic chats/month)
Amazon Q Business
For: Business users, analysts, enterprise teams
Key features:
- Unified search across enterprise systems
- Amazon Q Apps (lightweight app creation)
- 50+ cross-application integrations
- Workflow automation
🔴 AWS account required ($3-20/user/month)
Amazon Q Apps
For: Business users creating automations
Key features:
- Natural language app creation
- No coding required
- Shareable across organization
- Built into Q Business Pro
🔴 Requires Q Business Pro ($20/user/month)
Access Requirements
| Product | Access Level |
|---|---|
| Q Developer Free | 🟡 Free tier (no credit card) |
| Q Developer Pro | 🔴 $19/user/month |
| Q Business Lite | 🔴 $3/user/month |
| Q Business Pro | 🔴 $20/user/month (includes Q Apps) |
Study Path
- Start: Amazon-Q-Overview - Understand the Q family
- For Developers: Amazon-Q-Developer - Coding assistant
- For Business: Amazon-Q-Business - Enterprise features
- App Creation: Amazon-Q-Apps - Build automations
Comparison Quick Reference
| Feature | Q Developer | Q Business |
|---|---|---|
| Target users | Developers | Business users |
| Code generation | ✅ Core feature | ❌ Not applicable |
| Enterprise search | ❌ Not applicable | ✅ Core feature |
| AWS expertise | ✅ Deep integration | ⚠️ Via console Q |
| Free tier | ✅ Available | ❌ Paid only |
| App creation | ❌ Not included | ✅ Q Apps (Pro) |