AWS vs Tabnine
Tabnine scores 7.5 to AWS's 6.5 among the AI coding assistants we rate, and is the better pick for 2 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Tabnine wins, 7.5 to 6.5
Amazon Q Developer has a free plan and its Pro tier costs $19 a month; Tabnine has no free plan at all, and its Code Assistant plan costs $39 a month, more than double. Tabnine can run on your own servers and states your code is never stored, while Q Developer offers no option to keep no copy of your code. Both hold SOC 2 certification and give legal cover for generated code.
Pick AWS if you want a free plan and to keep costs lower.
Pick Tabnine if you want on-prem hosting and a guarantee your code is never stored.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Reviews pull requests: AWS yes, Tabnine no
- Free plan: AWS yes, Tabnine no
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $19 against $39
- Bring your own API key: Tabnine yes, AWS no
- Runs models on your own machine: Tabnine yes, AWS no
- AI model families you can choose: Claude, gpt, gemini, own against Claude
- Option to keep no copy of your code: Tabnine yes, AWS no
- Runs on your own servers or cloud: Tabnine yes, AWS no
- Does not train AI on your code: Yes against unless you opt out
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI coding assistants we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. They split the criteria 2 each, with the rest level.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (7)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
AWS
Tabnine
For everything else about each tool, read the full AWS review and Tabnine review.
AWS vs Tabnine: common questions
Which is better, AWS or Tabnine?
Tabnine scores 7.5 and AWS 6.5 out of 10 among the AI coding assistants we rate. Tabnine is ahead on model freedom and privacy and security. AWS is ahead on agents and your codebase and pricing.
Is AWS or Tabnine cheaper?
AWS's cheapest paid plan is $0/mo and Tabnine's is $39/user/mo (Tabnine Code Assistant, annual subscription, quote required). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do AWS and Tabnine have a free plan?
AWS does and Tabnine does not.
What can AWS do that Tabnine cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: reviews pull requests and free plan.
What can Tabnine do that AWS cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: bring your own API key, runs models on your own machine, option to keep no copy of your code and runs on your own servers or cloud.
