Amazon Q Developer vs Continue

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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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	9	15
questions won	10	12

By assistant

Amazon Q Developer

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	4	0% of answers
Claude	12	20% of answers	#5.8
Gemini	16	18% of answers	#14.0
Perplexity	10	16% of answers	#6.0

Continue

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	10	10% of answers	#3.5
Claude	15	25% of answers	#6.0
Gemini	31	45% of answers	#5.6
Perplexity	14	16% of answers	#2.7

Where they differ

Only Amazon Q Developer gets named for

Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?
Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?
Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?

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?
What are the best alternatives to Cursor?
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