Amazon Q Developer vs JetBrains AI Assistant

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

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Amazon Q Developer edges out JetBrains AI Assistant overall, scoring 12 versus 11, and gets named slightly more often too, in 16 of 70 answers compared to 15 of 70. Amazon Q Developer stands out for "top AI coding assistants in 2026" and "best free AI coding assistants," landing in all 4 answers for each, while JetBrains AI Assistant does best on "professional developers" and "Python" questions, named in 3 of 4 answers for both. Head-to-head, each tool led in 4 questions, with 12 ties between them. Neither is ever named for reliability, testing, or beginner-focused questions.

Head to head

metric	Amazon Q Developer	JetBrains AI Assistant
score	12	11
questions won	6	7

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

JetBrains AI Assistant

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	17	30% of answers	#6.2
Claude	14	30% of answers	#8.2
Gemini	11	20% of answers	#6.0
Perplexity	2	5% of answers	#8.0

Where they differ

Only Amazon Q Developer gets named for

What are the best free AI coding assistants?
What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code?

Only JetBrains AI Assistant gets named for

What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?
What's the best AI code editor right now?
What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?

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