The 6 best CodeWhisperer alternatives to know in 2024 (free and paid)

Amazon CodeWhisperer is a machine learning-powered coding assistant designed to enhance developer productivity by providing code recommendations based on natural language comments and code within integrated development environments (IDEs). Introduced as a competitor to GitHub's Copilot, CodeWhisperer is integrated with the AWS Toolkit and supports languages like Java, Python, and JavaScript. It is trained on extensive datasets including open-source and internal Amazon code. Although Amazon claims it is not directly competing with Copilot, the timing of its release suggests otherwise. The tool is positioned as a logical choice for heavy AWS users, but its appeal to non-AWS users remains uncertain. As the market for AI coding assistants grows, with alternatives like Tabnine and Captain Stack offering varying features and levels of privacy and security, CodeWhisperer represents Amazon's latest effort to capture a share of this evolving space.