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Amazon Q Developer vs Cline
Live matchup data for Amazon Q Developer and Cline: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
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usage compares on other signals below
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d · no OpenRouter feed: Amazon Q Developer
through Aug 20, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Amazon Q Developer | Cline |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | AWS | Cline Bot Inc. |
| Homepage | aws.amazon.com | cline.bot |
| GitHub | aws/amazon-q-developer-cli | cline/cline |
| Package | — | cline |
| Subscription plans |
snapshot Aug 21, 2026 |
snapshot Jul 12, 2026 |
| Latest plan change | Amazon Q Developer plans changed: Free Tier limits changed; Pro Tier limits changed detected Aug 21, 2026 | Cline plans changed: added Open Source; removed Free detected Jul 12, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | 1,985 | 66,569 |
| Pkg downloads/day | — | 0 |
| Latest release | v1.19.7 · 278 d ago | desktop-v0.0.15 · 45 h ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Amazon Q Developer | Cline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Lite | 29.7%Jul 21 · amazon q developer agent 20240719 dev | — | github.com |
| swe-bench-test | 37.1%May 22 · amazon q developer agent 20250405 dev | — | github.com |
| SWE-bench Verified | 65.4%Apr 5 · amazon q developer agent 20250405 dev | — | github.com |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Amazon Q Developer | Cline |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 290 | 278 |
| Positive share | 9.3% | 12.9% |
| Negative share | 27.6% | 16.9% |
| Net sentiment | -18.3% | -4% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Aug 21, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Amazon Q Developer more used than Cline?
- The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Amazon Q Developer has no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
- How does Amazon Q Developer pricing compare to Cline?
- Amazon Q Developer tracked plans: Free Tier (free), Pro Tier ($19.00/mo). Cline tracked plans: Open Source (free), Enterprise. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Amazon Q Developer and Cline score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 10 tracked results for Amazon Q Developer and 0 for Cline, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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