# What is Amazon Q Developer?
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**Note**  
 Powered by Amazon Bedrock: Amazon Q Developer is built on Amazon Bedrock and includes [automated abuse detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//bedrock/latest/userguide/abuse-detection.html) implemented in Amazon Bedrock to enforce safety, security, and the responsible use of AI. 

Amazon Q Developer is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered conversational assistant that can help you understand, build, extend, and operate AWS applications. You can ask questions about AWS architecture, your AWS resources, best practices, documentation, support, and more. Amazon Q is constantly updating its capabilities so your questions get the most contextually relevant and actionable answers.

When used in an integrated development environment (IDE), Amazon Q provides software development assistance. Amazon Q can chat about code, provide inline code completions, generate net new code, scan your code for security vulnerabilities, and make code upgrades and improvements, such as language updates, debugging, and optimizations. 

Amazon Q is powered by [Amazon Bedrock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/what-is-service.html), a fully managed service that makes foundation models (FMs) available through an API. The model that powers Amazon Q has been augmented with high quality AWS content to get you more complete, actionable, and referenced answers to accelerate your building on AWS.

**Note**  
This is the documentation for Amazon Q Developer. If you are looking for documentation for Amazon Q Business, see the [Amazon Q Business User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/what-is.html).

## Get started with Amazon Q Developer
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To quickly get started using Amazon Q, you can access it in the following ways: 

**AWS apps and websites**  
Add the [necessary permissions](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md) to your IAM identity, and then choose the Amazon Q icon to start chatting in the AWS Management Console, AWS Documentation website, AWS website, or AWS Console Mobile Application. For more information, see [Using Amazon Q Developer on AWS apps and websites](q-on-aws.md).

**IDEs**  
Download the Amazon Q extension and use your AWS Builder ID (no AWS account required) to sign in for free.   
![\[Visual Studio Code logo, a stylized blue square with rounded corners and angled edges.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/vs-code.png) [Download Amazon Q in Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AmazonWebServices.amazon-q-vscode)  
![\[Colorful cube shape with three visible faces in magenta, orange, and yellow.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/jetbrains.png) [Download Amazon Q in JetBrains IDEs](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/24267-amazon-q/)  
![\[Purple hexagonal logo with interlocking N shapes forming a continuous pattern.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/visual-studio.png) [Download Amazon Q in the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AmazonWebServices.AWSToolkitforVisualStudio2022)  
![\[The Eclipse logo.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/images/eclipse-logo.png) [Download Amazon Q in Eclipse IDEs (Preview)](https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/amazon-q)  
From your IDE, choose the Amazon Q icon to start chatting or initiate a development workflow. For more information, see [Installing the Amazon Q Developer extension or plugin in your IDE](q-in-IDE-setup.md).

**Amazon Q Developer in chat applications**  
Add the [AmazonQDeveloperAccess](managed-policy.md#amazonq-policy-fullaccess) managed policy to your IAM identity and channel guardrails for Microsoft Teams or Slack applications. For more information, see [Chatting with Amazon Q Developer in chat applications](q-in-chat-applications.md).

## Amazon Q Developer pricing
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Amazon Q Developer is available through a Free tier and the Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription. For more information, see [Amazon Q Developer pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing).