Deep dive into Amazon Q Business and its evolution into Amazon Quick Suite — where Q Business capabilities combine with QuickSight to create an agentic AI workspace.
What is Amazon Q Business?
Amazon Q Business is a generative AI assistant for enterprises that provides intelligent answers, content generation, and workflow automation using your company’s data.
Amazon Quick Suite
Launched: October 9, 2025
Amazon Quick Suite is the next evolution — an agentic AI-powered digital workspace that unifies Amazon QuickSight (the BI tool) with features from Amazon Q Business (the gen AI assistant).
It combines five core capabilities:
- Quick Index: Unified search across enterprise data (from Q Business)
- Quick Research: Deep research with trusted sources (new capability)
- Quick Flows: Workflow automation for repetitive tasks (evolved from Q Apps)
- Quick Automate: Complex multi-agent enterprise workflows (evolved from Q Apps)
- Quick Sight: Business intelligence and visualization (from QuickSight)
Core Capabilities
1. Quick Index (Unified Search)
Find answers across all your enterprise systems immediately.
- Connects to documents, apps (Salesforce, Jira), databases, and data warehouses.
- Permission-aware: Users only see what they have access to.
2. Quick Research
Accelerate complex research with AI agents that explore, gather, and synthesize info.
- Data Sources: Analyzes enterprise data + 200+ trusted news outlets (AP, NY Times, Washington Post, Forbes).
- Third-Party Data: Connects to S&P Global, FactSet, IDC, PubMed (subscription required).
- Verified Insights: Provides citations for every claim.
3. Quick Flows (Workflow Automation)
Now GA. Automate repetitive daily tasks and lightweight workflows.
- Example: “Send weekly status report” → Agent gathers data, drafts email, sends on approval.
- No coding: Describe the workflow in natural language.
4. Quick Automate
Handle complex, multi-step enterprise workflows spanning departments.
- Orchestrates multiple agents to complete tasks across systems.
- Example: “Onboard new employee” → Triggers HR, IT, and Facilities workflows automatically.
5. Quick Sight (Business Intelligence)
Turn raw data into beautiful visualizations and actionable insights.
- Ask questions of your data in natural language.
- Generate dashboards and reports instantly.
- Formerly “Amazon Q in QuickSight”.
Availability & Access
Regional Availability
Quick Suite is available in multiple AWS regions.
⚠️ Check AWS Regional Services for the latest availability.
Pricing Tiers
| Tier | Price/User/Month | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Q Business Lite | $3 | Basic Q&A, permission-aware responses, citations |
| Q Business Pro | $20 | Everything in Lite + Q Apps + actions in apps + QuickSight Reader Pro + higher limits |
Index Capacity Pricing:
- Pay separately for index capacity based on number of documents and data sources
- See Q Business Pricing for details
Tip: Start with Lite for basic search/Q&A, upgrade to Pro when you need app creation and cross-app actions.
Q Business → Quick Suite Evolution
Key Point: Quick Suite unifies QuickSight + Q Business, not replaces Q Business.
| Q Business Feature | Quick Suite Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Unified Search | Quick Index |
| Q Apps | Quick Flows / Quick Automate |
| Q in QuickSight | Quick Sight |
| (New) | Quick Research |
Existing Q Business customers can continue using their current service or migrate to Quick Suite.
Use Cases
Content Creation
- Generate reports, summaries, emails from enterprise data
- Draft proposals based on past successful examples
- Create presentations with company-specific context
Knowledge Management
- Find information across siloed systems
- Surface institutional knowledge from documents
- Answer employee questions 24/7
Workflow Acceleration
- Automate repetitive tasks (data entry, status updates)
- Create apps for common workflows
- Perform actions across multiple systems
Decision Support
- Synthesize information from multiple sources
- Provide context-aware recommendations
- Combine structured data (dashboards) with unstructured (documents)
Security & Compliance
| Security Feature | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Permission awareness | Respects existing data access controls |
| IAM Federation | SAML 2.0 support for identity authentication |
| Encryption | Data encrypted at rest and in transit |
| Compliance | HIPAA eligible, SOC 2, GDPR |
| Audit logging | CloudTrail integration for governance |
| Data residency | Control where data is stored and processed |
Key Principle: Users can only access through Q Business what they can access outside Q Business.
Getting Started Checklist
- Define use case (search, app creation, workflow automation)
- Identify data sources to connect (apps, databases, documents)
- Choose pricing tier (Lite vs Pro)
- Set up IAM permissions and user access
- Connect data sources and configure indexing
- Test with pilot group before organization-wide rollout
- Create initial Q Apps for common workflows
- Train users on capabilities and interfaces
TL;DR
- Amazon Q Business = Enterprise gen AI assistant for search, content, automation
- Amazon Quick Suite = Unifies QuickSight (BI) + Q Business (AI) into agentic workspace
- 5 Quick Suite Agents: Index, Research, Flows, Automate, Sight
- Quick Research: 200+ trusted news sources (AP, NYT, Forbes, S&P Global, FactSet)
- Pricing: Q Business Lite (20/mo)
- Regions & Trials: Check AWS docs for latest
Resources
Amazon Q Business Page 🔴
Official product page with features and use cases.
Amazon Q Business Documentation 🔴
Technical documentation for setup and configuration.
Amazon Q Business Pricing 🟢
Detailed pricing for subscriptions and index capacity.
Quick Suite 🔴
Next evolution of Q Business with agentic capabilities.