Amazon Q
AWS's AI assistant for writing code and for answering questions about company data.
Amazon Q is the name AWS gave, in 2023, to its family of generative AI assistants. Like a chatbot, you ask in plain language and it answers, but each version is connected to a specific kind of work. It runs on large language models served through Amazon Bedrock.
Amazon Q Developer is for people who build software. It lives inside code editors like VS Code and JetBrains, in the terminal and in the AWS console. It suggests code as you type, explains unfamiliar code, writes tests, helps fix errors and answers questions like "why is my Lambda function timing out?" using what it can see of your AWS account. It can also carry out longer jobs, like upgrading an old Java application to a newer version.
Amazon Q Business is for everyone else at a company. It connects to internal sources like document drives, wikis, ticket systems and Salesforce, and answers questions using that content, respecting who is allowed to see what. Q has also appeared inside other AWS services. AWS keeps reshaping the line-up: in 2025 it launched Kiro, a coding tool, and Amazon Quick, a workplace assistant, which overlap with parts of Q, so expect the names to keep shifting.
Keep in mind
- Q Developer helps write, explain and fix code, and answers AWS questions.
- Q Business answers employees' questions from company data, respecting permissions.
- It runs on models served through Amazon Bedrock.
- AWS product names in this area change often; check the current docs.
