# Tiers of service for Q Developer – Free and Pro
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With Amazon Q Developer, you either use Amazon Q Developer at the Free or Pro tier. Review the following information to understand what's offered at each tier.

## Free tier
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Amazon Q Developer offers a perpetual Free tier with monthly limits.

For more information about what's available at the Free tier, see the [Amazon Q Developer pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing).

The Free tier is available to users with [personal accounts](getting-started-builderid.md) (Builder IDs), users with identities in [IAM Identity Center](getting-started-idc.md), and users with IAM credentials. Consult the following table to understand the availability of Amazon Q in various interfaces at the Free tier depending on your sign in method.


|  | Sign in method (Free tier) | Interface | Personal account (Builder ID) | IAM Identity Center | IAM credentials | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  [AWS Management Console, and AWS apps and websites](q-on-aws.md)  |  ![\[No\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-no.png) No  |  ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes  |  ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes  | 
|  [IDE](q-in-IDE.md)  | ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes | ![\[No\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-no.png) No | ![\[No\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-no.png) No | 
|  [Command line](command-line.md)  | ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes | ![\[No\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-no.png) No | ![\[No\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-no.png) No | 

For more information about how content is used to improve the service at the Free tier, see [Amazon Q Developer service improvement](service-improvement.md).

## Pro tier
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The *Pro tier*, also known as *Amazon Q Developer Pro*, is a paid version of the Amazon Q Developer service that offers higher usage limits than the Free tier. It also gives you access to advanced features.

For information about pricing for the Pro tier, see the [Amazon Q Developer pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing).

The Pro tier is available to users with [personal accounts](getting-started-builderid.md) (Builder IDs), and users who have identities in [IAM Identity Center](getting-started-idc.md). Consult the following table to understand the availability of Amazon Q in various interfaces at the Pro tier depending on your sign in method.


|  | Sign in method (Pro tier) | Interface | Personal account (Builder ID) | IAM Identity Center | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  [AWS Management Console, and AWS apps and websites](q-on-aws.md)  |  ![\[No\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-no.png) No  |  ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes  | 
|  [IDE](q-in-IDE.md)  | ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes | ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes | 
|  [Command line](command-line.md)  | ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes | ![\[Yes\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/icon-yes.png) Yes |