Amazon Q Developer vs Roo Code

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

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Amazon Q Developer scores 12 overall, named in 16 of 70 answers, versus Roo Code's 7 overall and 11 of 70. Amazon Q Developer shows up in every answer to "top AI coding assistants in 2026" and "best free AI coding assistants" (4 of 4 each), while Roo Code's strongest showing is 2 of 3 for "best AI coding assistant for VS Code," a question where Amazon Q Developer also gets 2 of 3. Head to head across shared questions, Roo Code leads on 5, Amazon Q Developer on 4, and 11 end in a tie. By assistant, Roo Code scores highest with Claude at 23, while Amazon Q Developer peaks with Gemini at 25.

Head to head

metric	Amazon Q Developer	Roo Code
score	12	7
questions won	6	10

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

Roo Code

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	0	0% of answers
Claude	23	50% of answers	#9.1
Gemini	0	0% of answers
Perplexity	4	5% of answers	#3.0

Where they differ

Only Amazon Q Developer gets named for

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