AWS Infrastructure Composer vs. AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code vs. Amazon Q Developer vs. PascalABC.NET Comparison Chart

Visually compose modern applications from 1,000+ AWS resources with little guesswork. Rapidly generate ready-to-deploy infrastructure as code for enhanced resources. Write code or build it visually, and use the best development experience for the task at hand. Streamline the composition of modern applications from multiple AWS services. Use the right tool for the task, including visual, code, or generative AI-powered code suggestions in your IDE. Quickly understand your application architecture and keep it current as you collaborate with your team. Integrate with Workflow Studio to visually orchestrate over 220 AWS services or public HTTP endpoints with Step Functions workflows. Begin to diagram a model of your application, start a new architecture from scratch, import an existing IaC template, or select from common patterns. Extend visual composing to Visual Studio Code and create generative AI-powered code suggestions for any AWS CloudFormation resource.

Amazon Q Developer is a generative AI–powered coding assistant from AWS that helps developers accelerate the entire software development lifecycle. It integrates directly into popular IDEs like JetBrains, VS Code, Visual Studio, and Eclipse, providing real-time code suggestions, refactoring, documentation, and debugging assistance. Beyond coding, Amazon Q Developer supports agentic capabilities—autonomously performing tasks like feature implementation, testing, and modernization of applications. As an AWS-native expert, it helps optimize cloud resources, diagnose issues, and guide users through architectural best practices. The platform also enables seamless data and AI integration, allowing developers to build analytics and ML applications using natural language. With up to 80% faster development speed and 40% productivity gains, Amazon Q Developer delivers enterprise-grade intelligence directly inside the tools developers use every day.