Amazon Q Developer vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureAmazon Q DeveloperAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree + Pro $19/moFree (open standard)
GitHub Stars—45,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, WebmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Code generation
  • ✓ Transformation
  • ✓ Security scanning
  • ✓ AWS integration
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
awscodingenterprisecloud
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard