Amazon Q Developer Pricing and the Security Costs Beside It
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Amazon Q Developer Pro costs $19 per user per month, and a company budgeting a rollout should add the cost of making an agent that can act in AWS accounts safe to use. On the AWS pricing page, read on November 10, 2026, there are two tiers: Free and Pro. Rates change, so confirm them with AWS before you sign.
What each Amazon Q Developer tier includes
| Tier | Listed price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 agentic requests per month, 1,000 lines of Java transformation per user per month, reference tracking, opt-out of data collection |
| Pro | $19 per user per month | Increased agentic request limits, 4,000 lines of Java transformation per user per month pooled at the payer account, an admin dashboard with IAM Identity Center, IP indemnity, automatic opt-out of data collection |
Transformation beyond the pool is $0.003 per line on Pro, so ten Pro seats give 40,000 pooled lines a month. The page does not state a number for Pro agentic requests or any security scan limit. Free limits apply per user for Builder ID sign-in and per account for IAM users.
How Amazon Q Developer costs add up
The seat fee is the predictable part. Transformation volume depends on how much legacy Java you migrate, and agentic requests depend on how much work engineers hand to the agent. A migration team can use the pooled lines quickly, while a team that only chats uses almost none. Billing follows the payer account, and canceling mid month still incurs the full month, according to the page.
The security costs that sit outside the seat price
| Cost line | Who pays it | Typical shape |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor review and contract terms | Security and procurement | Compliance scope, audit record contents, retention. Hours, not dollars |
| Least privilege roles for agent sessions | Platform team | Scoped roles per team, no administrator by default |
| Separating production from agent accounts | Engineering | Separate accounts and read-only access to production |
| Identity setup | IT | IAM Identity Center configuration for Pro |
| Control on high-impact actions | Security | Rules and approval for deploys, permission changes, payments and bulk writes |
The first four are mostly staff time and are worth doing whatever you buy. The last is a purchase decision and depends on what the agent can reach. The full review of what AWS publishes, and where each control stops, is on Amazon Q Developer enterprise security. When an approval request fires at night, someone has to see it, which is where incident paging software that routes to the right on-call engineer belongs in the plan.
A budgeting checklist before you sign
- Count the seats that need Pro features, meaning the admin dashboard and IAM Identity Center.
- Estimate Java transformation lines per month against the pooled allowance.
- Run a pilot and record agentic usage per engineer.
- Decide which AWS accounts agents may act in, and with which roles.
- List the production actions an agent may take. If the list is not empty, price a per call control for those paths, as covered on tool permissions.
For the Google equivalent, see Gemini Code Assist Enterprise pricing. For a flat-plan alternative, see Augment Code pricing.
How much does Amazon Q Developer Pro cost?
The AWS pricing page lists Pro at $19 per user per month. Java transformation beyond the pooled 4,000 lines per user costs $0.003 per line. Cost is billed through the payer account, and canceling mid month still incurs the full month.
Is Amazon Q Developer free?
There is a Free tier with 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of Java transformation per user. It has no admin dashboard and no IP indemnity, so it suits individual evaluation rather than a company rollout.
Does Amazon Q Developer Pro include security features?
The page lists an admin dashboard with IAM Identity Center, IP indemnity and automatic opt-out of data collection, and the user guide documents identity, data protection and network options. It does not list per call approval for what the agent does. Ask for that in writing, or cover it with a gateway in front of the tools the agent calls.
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