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Amazon Q vs Cursor comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Q
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cursor
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
AI Software Development (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AI Code Assistants category, the mindshare of Amazon Q is 5.2%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cursor is 13.2%, down from 30.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Code Assistants Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Q5.2%
Cursor13.2%
Other81.6%
AI Code Assistants
 

Featured Reviews

Boya Uday Kumar - 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

"The insight capability is specifically the best one because if searching for data, it will take some amount of time and can be really complex manually; with Amazon Q, it was able to give me quick insights in a couple of seconds with summarized results, which is something really amazing."
"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 support team from Amazon provides comfort because previously we used to think and implement, which took considerable time, and now we can complete our projects and requirements in three months or two months."
"The explanation and documentation capabilities are excellent."
"I estimate that Amazon Q has improved my development productivity by around twenty to thirty percent on routine coding and troubleshooting tasks."
"If you want to integrate AWS services in your project, then Amazon Q Developer is the best product available."
"There is a lot of return on investment from using Amazon Q because the number of developers needed or the number of researchers needed, the number of automation people needed has been drastically reduced."
"What I find best about Amazon Q is that I have used multiple AI tools such as Copilot and earlier Chat GPT, and I think that, apart from the other tools, Amazon Q has an edge because if I want to run any command, such as scanning my whole database and checking schemas, it can generate the command and ask for permission whether I want to execute it."
"Cursor positively impacts my organization by providing great feasibility and better reliability, enabling faster development processes."
"Previously, tasks that would take weeks or months can now be completed within days because of these AI tools."
 

Cons

"I don't have clear visibility for Amazon Q's scalability for handling increased workloads or more users smoothly."
"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."
"Sometimes the generated code does not align with my project's existing coding standards or architecture, requiring me to manually review and refine it."
"For improvement, there are a few things with Amazon Q as of now. If we give it complex prompts or complex logic and ask Amazon Q to write it for us, sometimes it will not give an exact result."
"The model is not able to give answers properly with the traffic it is facing, so it needs to be scaled more."
"If I start with a prompt in one tab and then try to continue in another, it does not retain that context."
"The integration costs are considerable, making the pricing structure less feasible for scalable solutions."
"While using Amazon Q, I faced some challenges, such as navigating the interface initially."
"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."
"Sometimes Cursor does get stuck, which should be addressed, though the UI remains very good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon Q?
My experience with Amazon Q has been positive, but I think it would be better if it improved in some areas. Sometimes the generated code does not align with my project's existing coding standards o...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Q?
On a day-to-day basis, I frame prompts and provide them to Amazon Q, and most of the time, I ask it to debug if there are any issues in my code. For example, a recent instance involved working on a...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Q?
I generally estimate the twenty to thirty percent improvement based on my day-to-day experience rather than formal KPIs or tracked metrics. Before using Amazon Q, I spent more time searching docume...
What needs improvement with Cursor?
Sometimes Cursor does get stuck, which should be addressed, though the UI remains very good. The terminal can get stuck when there are many backend Docker processes running or when I need to check ...
What is your primary use case for Cursor?
I primarily use Cursor primarily to build applications, including front end and back end, as well as React Native apps. When using Cursor for front end and back end systems, I utilize technologies ...
What advice do you have for others considering Cursor?
My advice to others considering Cursor is that it is very good to use. I would recommend a context strategy to help them work effectively with the IDE.
 

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Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Q vs. Cursor and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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