Amazon Q Developer vs Cline

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Amazon Q Developer scores 12 overall, while Cline edges ahead at 18. Cline also gets named more often, showing up in 23 of 70 answers versus Amazon Q Developer's 16 of 70. Head-to-head, Cline comes out on top in 8 questions, Amazon Q Developer leads in 4, and they tie in 8. Amazon Q Developer stands out for "top AI coding assistants" and "best free AI coding assistants" questions (4 of 4 each), while Cline dominates VS Code and open-source questions, named in 3 of 3 answers for both. Neither tool gets a mention for helping beginners learn to code.

Head to head

metric	Amazon Q Developer	Cline
score	12	18
questions won	6	13

By assistant

Amazon Q Developer

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	7	15% of answers	#8.7
Claude	11	20% of answers	#6.3
Gemini	25	50% of answers	#7.6
Perplexity	11	20% of answers	#6.3

Cline

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	16	30% of answers	#6.7
Claude	31	60% of answers	#7.3
Gemini	4	10% of answers	#11.0
Perplexity	13	20% of answers	#4.3

Where they differ

Only Amazon Q Developer gets named for

nothing exclusive

Only Cline gets named for

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