Amazon Q Developer vs JetBrains AI Assistant

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

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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	9	11
questions won	10	13

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

JetBrains AI Assistant

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	12	15% of answers	#8.0
Claude	12	20% of answers	#8.0
Gemini	22	55% of answers	#5.8
Perplexity	3	5% of answers	#4.0

Where they differ

Only Amazon Q Developer gets named for

What are the best free AI coding assistants?
Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?
Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?
What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code?

Only JetBrains AI Assistant gets named for

What's the best AI code editor right now?
What are the best alternatives to Windsurf?
What's the best open-source AI coding assistant?
Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code?
Which AI coding tool is best for writing tests?
What are the best alternatives to Cursor?
What are the best alternatives to Aider?

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