Amazon Q Developer vs Continue

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

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Continue edges out Amazon Q Developer overall, scoring 16 versus 12 and showing up in 23 of 70 answers compared to Amazon Q Developer's 16 of 70. Head-to-head, Continue was named more often on 7 questions, Amazon Q Developer led on just 2, with 11 ties. Both tools land in every answer for "best free AI coding assistants" (4 of 4), and both get named in 2 of 4 answers for value for money. Continue also sweeps "best AI coding assistant I can run locally" and "best open-source AI coding assistant" (3 of 3 each), while Amazon Q Developer scores best on Gemini specifically, at 25.

Head to head

metric	Amazon Q Developer	Continue
score	12	16
questions won	6	11

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

Continue

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	13	20% of answers	#4.8
Claude	16	35% of answers	#9.3
Gemini	35	80% of answers	#9.6
Perplexity	14	20% of answers	#3.8

Where they differ

Only Amazon Q Developer gets named for

nothing exclusive

Only Continue gets named for

What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?
What's the best open-source AI coding assistant?
Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code?
What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?
What's the best AI code editor right now?

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