| Feature | CodeWhisperer | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Pricing | Free / $19/mo | Free / $10–$19/mo |
| Rating | ★★★★☆ 4.1 | ★★★★★ 4.8 |
| Key Feature 1 | Real-time suggestions | Code completion |
| Key Feature 2 | Security scanning | Copilot Chat |
| Key Feature 3 | AWS API references | Copilot Workspace |
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Amazon CodeWhisperer, now integrated into Amazon Q Developer, is an AI coding assistant with real-time code suggestions, automated security vulnerability scanning, and the deepest knowledge of AWS API
GitHub Copilot is the original and most widely deployed AI coding assistant, with over 1.8 million paid users across VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Visual Studio. Copilot Chat enables natural languag
• Free for individuals — especially for real-time suggestions workflows where CodeWhisperer consistently outperforms manual approaches
• Strong AWS code quality — especially for real-time suggestions workflows where CodeWhisperer consistently outperforms manual approaches
• Best only for AWS workloads — worth evaluating before committing if this is central to your use case
• Weaker on non-AWS frameworks — worth evaluating before committing if this is central to your use case
• The coding tools tool most professionals already know — reducing onboarding friction and enabling team collaboration from day one
• Best IDE integrations — especially for code completion workflows where GitHub Copilot consistently outperforms manual approaches
• Context window limits — worth evaluating before committing if this is central to your use case
• Free tier is restricted — worth evaluating before committing if this is central to your use case