Amazon CodeWhisperer

Name: Amazon CodeWhisperer
Author: Amazon Web Services

Amazon CodeWhisperer was AWS's AI coding assistant for code suggestions and chat inside IDEs. AWS renamed and expanded it into Amazon Q Developer, which continues the same core functionality under the Amazon Q brand alongside additional agentic features.

By Amazon Web ServicesFreemiumSince 2022AI Coding Tools

Facts checked on 27 September 2026 against the sources listed at the end of this page.

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Renamed. AWS renamed CodeWhisperer to Amazon Q Developer, folding it into the broader Amazon Q family of AI assistants with expanded agentic capabilities. See Amazon Q Developer.

Pricing: FreemiumPaid from See Amazon Q Developer
Open source: NoProprietary

A good fit for

Researching the history of AWS's AI coding tools before choosing Amazon Q Developer
Understanding what changed when AWS rebranded its coding assistant

Not a good fit for

New projects, since CodeWhisperer has been renamed to Amazon Q Developer
Anyone looking for current pricing or feature information, which now lives under Amazon Q Developer

Amazon CodeWhisperer pricing

Amazon CodeWhisperer has been renamed to Amazon Q Developer; see that product's page for current pricing.

Prices in USD, checked on 27 September 2026. Current prices on aws.amazon.com.

Main features

Code suggestions: Inline AI code completions inside supported IDEs.
Chat: Conversational assistance for coding questions and tasks.
Reference tracking: Flagged suggestions that resembled training data, with license attribution.

About Amazon CodeWhisperer

Amazon CodeWhisperer provided AI-generated code suggestions, chat and reference tracking directly inside supported IDEs, aimed at developers building on AWS as well as general-purpose coding.

It offered a free individual tier alongside a paid professional tier with administrative controls, similar in structure to other IDE-based AI coding assistants of its era.

AWS retired the CodeWhisperer name and relaunched the product as Amazon Q Developer, which carries forward the same core code-suggestion and chat functionality while adding broader agentic capabilities across AWS services.

Made by: Amazon Web Services
Free plan: Not applicable; see Amazon Q Developer for current pricing
Available on: VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, AWS Cloud9, AWS Toolkit

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Questions about Amazon CodeWhisperer

Is Amazon CodeWhisperer still available?

No, it was renamed to Amazon Q Developer, which continues its core functionality with expanded agentic features.

What replaced CodeWhisperer?

Amazon Q Developer, AWS's current AI coding and cloud assistant.

Sources and links

Amazon Q Developer

Documentation

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