agent · ai-coding-agents
Amazon Q Developer vs Kilo Code
55 fields both were evaluated on, 30 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 25 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Explainability· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Runtime governance· | “Enterprise-grade access controls Amazon Q provides familiar security and access controls and can understand and respect your existing AWS IAM Identity Center governance identities, roles, and permissions to personalize its interactions.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | “Enterprise-grade access controls Amazon Q provides familiar security and access controls and can understand and respect your existing AWS IAM Identity Center governance identities, roles, and permissions to personalize its interactions.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Evaluation coverage· | “Amazon Q Developer agentic capabilities have achieved the highest scores on the SWE-Bench Leaderboard and Leaderboard Lite.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomy level· | autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades “Amazon Q Developer agentic capabilities can autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Human oversight· | while incorporating your feedback and providing real-time updates along the way “The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands, while incorporating your feedback and providing real-time updates along the way.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | complex multistep tasks such as unit testing, documentation, and code reviews “Amazon Q Developer agentic coding experience eliminates much of the work involved in complex multistep tasks such as unit testing, documentation, and code reviews.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Action space· | reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands “The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack “Kilo works where you work. Build alone or with your team. VS Code JetBrains IntelliJ PyCharm WebStorm CLI Cloud Agents Slack”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Initiative· | autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades “Amazon Q Developer agentic capabilities can autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Data handling· | “When you use Amazon Q Developer Pro , your proprietary content is not used for service improvement.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month “Try Amazon Q Developer at no cost with the AWS Free Tier . The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month. To learn about pricing and the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier, visit Amazon Q Developer pricing .”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Aligned pricing Models at cost. No markup. No lock-in.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Price point· | “Try Amazon Q Developer at no cost with the AWS Free Tier . The Amazon Q Developer perpetual Free Tier gives you 50 agentic chat interactions per month. You can also transform up to 1,000 lines of code per month.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Availability· | available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes “Amazon Q Developer is available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Deployment options· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Cloud “Choose where to start with Kilo VS Code JetBrains CLI Cloud”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Integrations· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack “VS Code JetBrains IntelliJ PyCharm WebStorm CLI Cloud Agents Slack”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Model provider· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Open weights· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | agentic coding, chat and MCP support “For capabilities similar to Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins, explore Kiro to access the latest models and features, including agentic coding, chat and MCP support.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | MCP (Model Context Protocol) “Does Kilo support MCP (Model Context Protocol)?”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Tool use· | automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands “The agentic coding experience can intelligently perform tasks on your behalf by automatically reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Agent command center One portal for every agent Control every agent from one place across IDEs, CLI, and cloud. Local and cloud agents Parallel isolated worktrees”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | MIT-licensed open source; vendor states users can inspect, fork, modify and self-host the agent. “Open source No black boxes. Inspect everything. Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source. Fork, modify, self-host”kilo.ai · checked Sep 9, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Amazon Q Developer | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Deployment scale· | available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes “Amazon Q Developer is available for use in your code editor. Download a plugin or extension below and get started on the Amazon Q Developer Free Tier in a few minutes.”aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Vendor-reported: "5M+ Kilo Coders" and "10T+ tokens processed every month". No independent counter is named. “5M+ Kilo Coders 10T+ tokens processed every month”kilo.ai · checked Sep 9, 2026 |
| Target sectors· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | developers at the world's most innovative companies “Trusted by developers at the world's most innovative companies”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Documented incidents· | no public information aws.amazon.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Disclosed a security incident at business-intelligence provider Metabase impacting Kilo Code data (originally Aug 7, 2026), with the latest update posted Aug 14, 2026 23:19 UTC. “Metabase Incident Impacting Kilo Code Data August 14, 2026 23:19 UTC Update Aug 7, 2026”kilo.ai · checked Aug 18, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Disclosed by neither
Both Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code publish nothing on these 25 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 25 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- High-risk domains
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Fine-tuning
- Context window
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
Questions
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code compare on autonomy level?
- Amazon Q Developer: autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades. Kilo Code: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code compare on human oversight?
- Amazon Q Developer: while incorporating your feedback and providing real-time updates along the way. Kilo Code: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code compare on goal complexity?
- Amazon Q Developer: complex multistep tasks such as unit testing, documentation, and code reviews. Kilo Code: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code compare on action space?
- Amazon Q Developer: reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands. Kilo Code: no public information disclosed.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code compare on operating environment?
- Amazon Q Developer: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Kilo Code compare on initiative?
- Amazon Q Developer: autonomously perform a range of tasks–everything from implementing features, documenting, testing, reviewing, and refactoring code, to performing software upgrades. Kilo Code: no public information disclosed.