Amazon Q Developer pricing

*Usage for Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development is tracked across all usage types, and the limits are shared at the user level across the IDE and CodeCatalyst. An invocation is considered any prompt provided to the /dev command in the IDE, or assigned to Amazon Q in CodeCatalyst. Usage is only tracked for invocations where Amazon Q Developer Agent provides an implementation plan in the IDE, or generates a pull request in CodeCatalyst.

**Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation is available to Amazon Q Developer Free Tier and Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier users. Pricing charges and usage are calculated against limits based on the number of lines of code (LOC) that you submit to Amazon Q. Only those submissions where you receive suggested upgrade code back are counted while those where you stop the job before completion or when a failure is encountered during the upgrade are not included. Noncodelines in repositories such as comments and empty lines are not counted.

You can get started with Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation at no cost as part of the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier. Free Tier users can upgrade 1,000 LOC per month, per user. If your code exceeds this limit, consider submitting a smaller buildable unit, like a module, or subscribe to the Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier for higher allocation limits and pay-per-use upgrades.

Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions are allocated 4,000 LOC per month for upgrades using Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation. These allocations are aggregated at the AWS payer-account level every month. Thus, if you have 100 active Amazon Q subscriptions across all your linked AWS accounts, you can submit 400,000 LOC per month for upgrades before incurring additional charges. Usage that exceeds this allocation is charged $0.003 per LOC submitted.

***Subscriptions are not available in the AWS Console Mobile Application, AWS Chatbot, or AWS marketing pages. Chat interactions through these are exclusively governed by Free Tier limits.

You are an AWS administrator for your organization and subscribed to the Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier. You have added 50 users to Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions for the entire month of October. You will be charged for the entire month for 50 users. You will receive the bill on November 1.

You are an AWS administrator for your organization and subscribed to the Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier. On April 16, you newly subscribe 50 users. You will be charged a prorated amount for the 50 users for the remainder of the month. You will receive the bill on May 1.

You are an AWS administrator for your organization and subscribed to the Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier. You start June with 50 users and add 10 users on June 11. You will be charged for 50 users for the entire month and for 10 users for 20 days (from June 11 to June 30). You will receive the bill on July 1.

You are an AWS Administrator for your organization and subscribed to the Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier. You start January with 70 users and remove 10 users on January 11. The removed users will have access to Amazon Q Developer Pro through the end of the billing period, and you will be billed for them for the full billing period. At the end of the billing period, the removed users will no longer have access to Amazon Q Developer Pro. You will receive the bill on February 1.

Consider an organization with 10 Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions, and each user has been subscribed for the entire month. Each Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription offers access to Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation and includes 4,000 LOC for upgrade per month.

In January, one of the developers upgrades five Java applications, each with 2,500 LOC. 
Code submitted for upgrades = 2,500 x 5 = 12,500 LOC
Upgrades included with the subscriptions = 10 x 4,000 = 40,000 LOC
Since the usage does not exceed the allocation, the organization will not be charged for Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation.

Now consider an organization with 20 Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions, and each user has been subscribed for the entire month.

• This organization starts an upgrade campaign to upgrade 50 applications in a month.

• The total code size of all applications submitted for upgrades is 250K lines of code.
  

• Upgrades included with the subscriptions = 4,000 x 20 = 80,000 LOC

• Charges for upgrades exceeding the allocation = (250,000 - 80,000) x $0.003 = $510
  

Q: What is the difference between the paid tier and free tier of Amazon Q Developer?

The free tier of Amazon Q Developer allows developers to explore its capabilities before opting for the paid tier, while the Amazon Q Developer Pro tier at $19 per user per month offers expanded features such as higher limits, enterprise tools, and enhanced security features. Refer to the table on this page (https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing/) for a detailed comparison of what each tier includes.

Q: How much is the Amazon Q Developer Pro monthly subscription fee?

The Amazon Q Developer Pro monthly subscription is $19 a month per user and provides access to the AI-powered developer tools and capabilities of Amazon Q Developer. This includes features like code completions, security analysis, code transformations, task planning, and AI-assisted conversations with Q in the IDE, AWS console chat, and in AWS websites and apps. The subscription is activated when a users perform an action with Amazon Q Developer.

Q: What does it mean by activating the Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription?

Activating the Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription refers to the specific actions or events that trigger the start of the $19 monthly subscription fee for a user. Signing in to Amazon Q chat in the console or other AWS pages, signing in to to Amazon Q chat in an IDE, or downloading the toolkit, will not incur the subscription fee. The activation occurs when you perform activities with Amazon Q Developer such as:

1. Security vulnerability and code quality scanning: Initiating scans to identify vulnerabilities or evaluate code quality.
2. Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development: Requesting the AI agent to generate a plan for solving a software development task.
3. Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation: Requesting the AI agent to generate a plan for transforming code.
4. Amazon Q chat in IDE, AWS Console, AWS websites, and AWS apps: Sending a question to Amazon Q chat through various interfaces or generating code completions within Amazon Q in IDE.
5. Diagnose with Q: Requesting Amazon Q to diagnose an error in the AWS Management Console.
6. Amazon Q for CodeCatalyst: Asking for pull request summaries or requesting the AI agent to generate a plan for solving a software development task within Amazon Q for CodeCatalyst.
7. Public CLI completions: Asking for code completions or recommendations from Amazon Q within the public CLI interface.
   

Performing any of these activities within Amazon Q Developer will trigger the activation of your Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription, which will then renew monthly until canceled.

Q: Is the whole AWS IAM Identity Center group charged when one user activates their Amazon Q DeveloperPro subscription?

No, the $19 monthly subscription fee for Amazon Q Developer Pro is charged on a per-user basis. If one member of a AWS IAM Identity Center group activates the subscription, only that individual user will be billed the $19 monthly fee until canceled. Other members of the AWS IAM Identity Center group will not be charged for the subscription unless they also perform one of the subscription-activating actions themselves.

Q: How is the Amazon Q Developer Pro $19 monthly subscription billed?

The Amazon Q Developer Pro $19 monthly subscription fee is charged per user, per month. The subscription fee is pro-rated for the first month the user is subscribed based on the number of days remaining when thesubscription is activated. The subscription will then be billed the $19 fee per month until canceled (after the first month, pro-rated if applicable)

On the AWS estimated bill, each user's daily subscription usage for Amazon Q Developer Pro is measured as a fraction of the month summed across all users. Since the monthly fee is $19 per user, and there are approximately 30 days in a month, one user would appear as 0.0333 of a user on a given day (1/30 of a month). Their daily bill would be $19 * 0.0333 = $0.63 (totaling $19 per month).

For an example with 10 users on a daily bill:

Daily Users: 10
Daily User Fraction: 10 * 0.0333 = 0.333
Daily Cost: 0.333 * $19 per user-month = $6.33

So for 10 users, the estimated daily bill would show:
Daily Users: 0.333
Daily Cost: $6.33

To calculate the monthly cost:
Monthly Users: 0.333 * 30 days = 10 (essentially 10 users for the full month)
Monthly Cost: $6.333 * 30 days = $190 (or 10 users x $19 fee per month)

Q: What happens if I cancel my Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription mid-month?

If you choose to cancel your Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription before the end of the month, you will be charged for the entire month's subscription fee. However, you will retain access to the Amazon Q features until the end of that monthly billing cycle. At the end of the month, your subscription will be successfully canceled, and you will not be charged for the following month. This approach ensures that you can continue to utilize the capabilities you've paid for during the remainder of the current month, even after requesting cancellation.

Q: How do I unsubscribe from the Amazon Q Developer subscription?

Unsubscribing from the Amazon Q Developer subscription can be done through the Amazon Q console. The process varies based on your permissions and whether you are a member account administrator or organization account administrator. To unsubscribe, navigate to the Subscriptions page in the Amazon Q Developer console, select the user(s) you want to unsubscribe, and choose the "Unsubscribe" action. Confirm in the pop-up window. For more detailed steps and information on managing AWS accounts and unsubscribing users within your organization, refer to the official documentation:  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/q-admin-setup-subscribe-general.html#q-admin-setup-unsubscribe

Q: How do overage charges for Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation work with mysubscription?

Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation analyzes your codebase and provides recommendations to upgrade to newer language versions, frameworks, or patterns. Usage is calculated based on the number of lines of code (LOC) you submit to Amazon Q. Only submissions where you receive suggested upgrade code are counted. Submissions that fail or are stopped before completion, as well as non-code lines like comments and empty lines, are not included in usage.

Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions are allocated 4,000 LOC per month per user for Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation. These allocations are aggregated at the AWS payer-account level every month. Usage exceeding the Q Developer Pro Tier allocation is charged at $0.003 per LOC submitted for transformation.

Your bill will show the total LOC usage for code transformation and any applicable discounts based on your Q Developer Pro Tier subscriptions. Each Pro Tier subscription provides a 4,000 LOC monthly allocation, pooled at the payer-account level. The calculation and discount are clearly shown on your bill. The billing system meters the LOC usage for code transformation, while the discount is calculated based on the number of Q Developer Pro subscriptions you have. Your bill will show the metered usage, the discount applied based on your subscription count, as well as any overages charged.

For example, if you have 10 Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions, you get 40,000 LOC (10 x 4,000) included per month. If your total usage is 50,000 LOC, you'll be charged for 10,000 LOC at $0.003/LOC, which is $30. Your bill will clearly show the 50,000 LOC usage, the Bundled discount of $120 based on your 10 subscriptions (10 users * 4K lines of code * $.003 =$120), and the $30 overage charge.

Q: How can I manage my usage to avoid overage charges for Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation?

Currently, the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation reverts to pay-as-you-go pricing after hitting your 4K pooled lines of code. To proactively manage your usage and avoid unexpected charges, you can take several steps. First, regularly monitor your usage in the Cost and Usage Report in the AWS console. This will allow you to track your lines of code consumption and stay within your 4K pooled lines limit. Additionally, you can set usage alerts through AWS Budgets to receive notifications when your usage approaches the limit, giving you the opportunity to optimize your processes before incurring overage fees.

To further optimize your usage, review your code transformation workflows and identify ways to reduce the number of lines of code processed, such as by refining your input data or transformation logic. This can help you stay within the included 4K pooled lines and avoid pay-as-you-go charges.

By closely monitoring your usage, setting alerts, optimizing your processes, you can effectively manage your Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation usage and prevent overage charges.