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Amazon Q vs Cursor comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Q
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
3.7
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cursor
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
AI Software Development (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the AI Code Assistants category, the mindshare of Amazon Q is 7.4%, up from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cursor is 23.4%, down from 31.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Code Assistants Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Q7.4%
Cursor23.4%
Other69.2%
AI Code Assistants
 

Featured Reviews

Uday Boya - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Research Enthusiast and Developer at ADP
Daily AI assistance has transformed debugging, automation, and rapid project delivery
One improvement for Amazon Q is that I use it in Visual Studio, and in Visual Studio, I am not given an option to upload an image in Amazon Q. Also, this is one part of it. The second part is the context window of Amazon Q is very less compared to other GenAI tools. The moment I would be in a deep research or deep development or deep debugging mode in Amazon Q, the moment I hit the context length of the window, it would ask me to clear the complete context, and it would lose the complete context of the chat that I had previously. The two major pain points are that I have Amazon Q in Visual Studio, but I am not given an option to upload an image as a reference in Amazon Q. The second part is the context window is so limited. The moment I deep dive into some discussion in terms of development or debugging or automation, I hit a context length of the window, and the moment I hit it, it would lose the complete context. It has an option of summarizing the complete context and having it as a memory, but it would not be sufficient because I would have given a lot of details in the chat by that time. I have mentioned the two points earlier, so those are the only two points that I have in mind for improvements needed for Amazon Q.
Rusira Sathnindu - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
AI coding has accelerated our feature delivery and has transformed how our team builds services
I have been noticing recently that Cursor introduced their own model, which is pretty limited; it is very fast, but it is not smart. They might have to improve that, along with the agent selection methodology. When you select auto, you expect it to use the best agent possible and think of the money savings, but it does not always work as expected, sometimes providing bad code or code that has bugs. I think the auto mode selection can improve. Another concern is the pricing; we have been paying a lot for Cursor recently, which I feel has increased within the last few months, possibly due to our usage going up. We are paying an amount similar to a developer's salary for Cursor now. I believe all the needed improvements are primarily around the auto agent selection mode and pricing. If they could be more transparent about it, that would be appreciated. We only see the bill at the end of the month, and it is often a high amount, so transparency in the pricing would be very helpful for us as developers.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"One thing which I find beneficial in Amazon Q is that even if I don't have much knowledge, such as when using Lambda or Glue in AWS, I only need to have theoretical knowledge of how to use these services and what steps need to be followed."
"Amazon Q is able to understand human language regarding the context and scan through folders to ensure best practices are followed."
"The best feature Amazon Q offers is the code security scan, which actually depicts the threat assessment of the code or whether a particular code snippet can be utilized by attackers to find loopholes."
"Amazon Q has been very helpful in improving efficiency—when I started with the company, processing an item would take 30-40 minutes; now, within 10 minutes, tasks are completed and it has made the job easier and faster."
"The explanation and documentation capabilities are excellent."
"One of the greatest advantages of Amazon Q is the simplicity and speed of deployment—we can onboard new customers in just a few hours, which is exceptional."
"Amazon Q provides direct file access and it will integrate the things which you want into the files."
"Amazon Q saved my time more than other products, such as GitHub Copilot, because it is conscious about particular AWS services."
"Previously, tasks that would take weeks or months can now be completed within days because of these AI tools."
 

Cons

"While using Amazon Q, I faced some challenges, such as navigating the interface initially."
"One most important improvement would be having deeper domain-specific intelligence for Amazon Q."
"One improvement for Amazon Q is that I use it in Visual Studio, and in Visual Studio, I am not given an option to upload an image in Amazon Q."
"While great for standard tasks, it sometimes struggles with more complex or multi-layered problems in large code bases."
"I discovered that the application logs me out automatically after some time, which becomes problematic as I then lose access to my chat history."
"Even though we connected with the support team of AWS, they were not able to resolve our issue, so we were disappointed at that moment."
"The model is not able to give answers properly with the traffic it is facing, so it needs to be scaled more."
"Sometimes feedback is needed immediately. It takes a bit of time because there is a workload."
"Another concern is the pricing; we have been paying a lot for Cursor recently, which I feel has increased within the last few months, possibly due to our usage going up."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise13
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon Q?
One improvement for Amazon Q is that I use it in Visual Studio, and in Visual Studio, I am not given an option to upload an image in Amazon Q. Also, this is one part of it. The second part is the c...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Q?
My main use case for Amazon Q is that we have access to it in our company, and on a daily basis, we receive a lot of requirements from clients to build websites and probably do all the other work a...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Q?
My advice to others looking into using Amazon Q is very simple. Go and take a shot on Amazon Q and build cool applications. If someone has any existing project, go ahead and start analyzing the com...
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