- Entry price
- $19/mo
- Free tier
- Yes
- Logged activity · 90d
- 0/100
IDE plugins and CLI vs editor extension
- Entry price
- Not yet verified
- Free tier
- Yes
- Logged activity · 90d
- 43/100
Amazon Q Developer vs Cline
At a glance
Verified values · no winner is picked| Dimension | Amazon Q Developer | Cline |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $19/mo | Not yet verified |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not yet verified | Yes |
| Self-hosting | Not yet verified | Yes |
| Enterprise (SSO + offering) | Not yet verified | Yes |
Where they differ
4aws.amazon.com
aws.amazon.com/q/developer: "On April 30, 2027, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins. For capabilities similar to Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins, explore Kiro". Pricing page: "IDE plugins and CLI".
https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/ ↗cline.bot
cline.bot: "One open source agent runtime. Use it in your editor, your terminal, or embed it in your own products." "Cline for Desktop: the coding agent as a native desktop app."
https://cline.bot ↗aws.amazon.com
aws.amazon.com/q/developer: "inline code suggestions, vulnerability scanning, and chat in popular integrated development environments (IDEs), including JetBrains, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, VS Code, and Eclipse (preview)."
https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/ ↗cline.bot
cline.bot/pricing: the free Open Source plan lists "VS Code Extension"; Enterprise adds "JetBrains Extension".
https://cline.bot/pricing ↗aws.amazon.com
aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing: "Free Tier: Advanced capabilities at zero cost"; "Pro Tier: Expanded limits $19/mo. per user".
https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing/ ↗cline.bot
cline.bot/pricing: "You only pay for AI inference credits when you use AI models." "You can bring your own API keys".
https://cline.bot/pricing ↗aws.amazon.com
aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing: "Members with subscriptions linked to an organization with IAM Identity Center benefit from Pro Tier limits at the user level."
https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing/ ↗cline.bot
cline.bot/pricing, Enterprise "Custom": "SSO, SLA & Dedicated Support".
https://cline.bot/pricing ↗Pricing face-off
USD list price · monthly billingaws.amazon.com
Not yet verified for one or both
2cline.bot
cline.bot: Cline for Desktop "Download for Mac", "Download for Windows", "Download for Linux" — "macOS, Windows & Linux".
https://cline.bot ↗cline.bot
cline.bot/pricing, Enterprise: "SSO", "SLA", "Dedicated Support", "Centralized Billing", "Role Based Access Control".
https://cline.bot/pricing ↗References
Links — shown, never counted as differencesdocs.cline.bot
Cline's documentation, linked as Docs from cline.bot.
https://docs.cline.bot ↗github.com
Cline release notes are published as GitHub releases of cline/cline.
https://github.com/cline/cline/releases ↗github.com
Public repository linked from cline.bot/enterprise.
https://github.com/cline/cline ↗Recent record
Each side’s own record · not a score| Reading | Amazon Q Developer | Cline |
|---|---|---|
| Verified changes | 0 in 30 days · 0 in 90 days · IDE assistants median 1 | 1 in 30 days · 3 in 90 days · IDE assistants median 1 |
| Last verified change | 30 Apr 2026 · 190 days ago | 16 Oct 2026 · 21 days ago |
| Activity · 90 days | 0 · below the IDE assistants median of 39 | 43 · above the IDE assistants median of 39 |
| Latest list-price move | None observed | No verified price |
| Pricing on record | 2 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $19 | No verified price |
| Comparable facts | 5 of 7 verified | 7 of 7 verified |
Amazon Q Developer · latest 3
- Availability
AWS announces Amazon Q Developer end of support and halts new sign-ups from May 15
AWS announces that Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and paid subscriptions reach end of support on April 30, 2027, and that new sign-ups stop on May 15, 2026. Customers are directed to migrate to Kiro.
aws.amazon.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 30 Apr 2026AWS DevOps Bloghttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/amazon-q-developer-end-of-support-announcement/ ↗ - Rebrand
Amazon Q Developer CLI is succeeded by Kiro CLI
AWS launches Kiro CLI, which carries over the Q Developer CLI's agent functionality; AWS documentation states the Amazon Q Developer CLI has been rebranded to Kiro.
kiro.dev
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 17 Nov 2025Kiro — bloghttps://kiro.dev/blog/introducing-kiro-cli/ ↗ - Release
Amazon Q Developer brings its agentic coding experience to VS Code
AWS makes an interactive agentic coding experience available in the Amazon Q Developer extension for Visual Studio Code, at no additional cost for both Free and Pro tier users.
aws.amazon.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 May 2025AWS News Bloghttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-q-developer-elevates-the-ide-experience-with-new-agentic-coding-experience/ ↗
Cline · latest 3
- Release
Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions
Cline 4.1.25 starts a gradual rollout of Cloud sessions: tasks run in a hosted sandbox on a chosen GitHub repo and branch and keep running after the editor closes.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Oct 2026Cline — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/v4.1.25 ↗ - Release
Cline for Desktop cloud sessions get the same models as Cline on the web
Cloud sessions can use Cline Usage-Billing, ClinePass, and ClineFree models, and a new cloud session waits until a model is ready before sending.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 Oct 2026Cline — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/desktop-v0.0.41 ↗ - Release
Cline releases Cline Desktop, an open-source app for open-weight models
Cline releases an early version of Cline Desktop, an open-source desktop app focused on open-weight models, available for Mac with a Windows beta.
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 14 Sept 2026Cline — bloghttps://cline.bot/blog/cline-desktop-an-open-source-app-for-open-weight-models ↗