Amazon Q Developer vs. Cursor: data protection per plan
Amazon Q Developer (2 plans) and Cursor (5 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Amazon Q Developer | Cursor |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Depending on the account country: Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg | Anysphere, Inc., 2261 Market Street STE 86466, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA |
| Plans recorded | 2 | 5 |
| Hosting | mixed: Free TierEU option: Pro Tier | mixed: all 5 plans |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Free Tierno: Pro Tier | opt-out available: all 5 plans |
| DPA | yes: all 2 plans | not documented: Free, Plus, Premium / Super / Ultra, Teamsyes: Enterprise |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier vs. Cursor Teams
| Feature | Amazon Q DeveloperPro Tier | CursorTeams |
|---|---|---|
| differs by plan | yes | not publicly documented |
| Details: DPA available | yes (according to the GDPR Center, the AWS GDPR DPA, including standard contractual clauses, is part of the AWS Service Terms and applies automatically) Provider’s DPA | not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service') |
| differs by plan | no | opt-out available |
| Details: Training on inputs | FAQ: Amazon Q Developer Pro and Amazon Q Business do not use content for service improvement; content from the Pro Tier is not used to train underlying foundation models. Telemetry/usage metrics may be collected (opt-out in the IDE settings). Pricing page: 'Automatically opted out'. | Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Teams: team-wide privacy settings; new members inherit the team setting; admins can enforce Privacy Mode. |
| differs by plan | EU option | mixed |
| Details: Data residency | Documentation 'Amazon Q Developer Pro Region support': the Q Developer console and profile are available in US East (N. Virginia) and Europe (Frankfurt); Pro via a personal Builder ID only in US East (N. Virginia). Documentation 'Data storage': in the Pro Tier, content is stored in the profile Region only for the following features: Q chat in the AWS console, error diagnosis in the console, Q in Eclipse, JetBrains, VS Code and Visual Studio, and Q on the command line; for all other features 'your content may be stored and processed in a US Region' (can be blocked via a service control policy). Exceptions include: Amazon Q artifacts (visualisations) in a US Region; Console to Code stored in the console Region and processed in a US Region; CloudWatch investigations possibly in other Regions. Not available for profiles in Frankfurt: support chat, troubleshooting resources, .NET transformation in the IDE, Slack integration, Console Mobile App, GitLab Duo with Amazon Q, Amazon Q for GitHub. Cross-region inference stays within the geography (Europe: Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm). | Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | FAQ and documentation 'Data storage'… | With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model… |
| Details: Data retention | FAQ and documentation 'Data storage': content is stored to generate responses and to provide the service; according to the documentation, 'We do not use content from Amazon Q Developer Pro or Amazon Q Business for service improvement'; encryption at rest and in transit. Specific retention period: not publicly documented. | With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented. |
| differs by plan | 19 USD/user/mo | from 30 USD/user/mo |
| Details: Price | 19 USD per user per month (pricing page, no indication whether incl. VAT; according to AWS Tax Help, AWS Europe charges VAT on service charges for accounts in the EU) | from USD 30 per user per month (pricing page: "$30+/user/month", excl. taxes); seat types can be combined. |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (extended limits for agentic requests, according to the FAQ 10,000 inference calls per month or around 1,000 user requests; Java/.NET transformation up to 4,000 lines of code per user in the pool; admin dashboard, IP indemnity) | yes (as Premium, plus team marketplace, centralised billing, team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO; usage 4x to 50x Plus depending on seat tier) |
| 11 sources | 6 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by plan
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tieryes
- Cursor Teamsnot publicly documented
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
yes (according to the GDPR Center, the AWS GDPR DPA, including standard contractual clauses, is part of the AWS Service Terms and applies automatically)
Provider’s DPACursor Teamsnot publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
Training
- differs by plan
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tierno
- Cursor Teamsopt-out available
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
FAQ: Amazon Q Developer Pro and Amazon Q Business do not use content for service improvement; content from the Pro Tier is not used to train underlying foundation models. Telemetry/usage metrics may be collected (opt-out in the IDE settings). Pricing page: 'Automatically opted out'.
Cursor TeamsData Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Teams: team-wide privacy settings; new members inherit the team setting; admins can enforce Privacy Mode.
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Amazon Q Developer Pro TierEU option
- Cursor Teamsmixed
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
Documentation 'Amazon Q Developer Pro Region support': the Q Developer console and profile are available in US East (N. Virginia) and Europe (Frankfurt); Pro via a personal Builder ID only in US East (N. Virginia). Documentation 'Data storage': in the Pro Tier, content is stored in the profile Region only for the following features: Q chat in the AWS console, error diagnosis in the console, Q in Eclipse, JetBrains, VS Code and Visual Studio, and Q on the command line; for all other features 'your content may be stored and processed in a US Region' (can be blocked via a service control policy). Exceptions include: Amazon Q artifacts (visualisations) in a US Region; Console to Code stored in the console Region and processed in a US Region; CloudWatch investigations possibly in other Regions. Not available for profiles in Frankfurt: support chat, troubleshooting resources, .NET transformation in the IDE, Slack integration, Console Mobile App, GitLab Duo with Amazon Q, Amazon Q for GitHub. Cross-region inference stays within the geography (Europe: Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm).
Cursor TeamsPrivacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
Sub-processors
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tierlist available
- Cursor Teamslist available
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
- Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL / Amazon Web Services, Inc. (contracting party, depending on the account country)
- AWS infrastructure entities per region (e.g. A100 ROW GmbH, region Europe/Frankfurt)
- Amazon Bedrock (LLM inference; cross-region inference within the geography)
- The sub-processor list (section 'AWS entities providing service improvement') names the locations Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, US for 'Amazon Q Developer Free Tier / Kiro Free Tier / Individual Subscriber'; applies provided the customer has not objected to use for service improvement
Cursor Teams- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
Retention
- differs by plan
- Amazon Q Developer Pro TierFAQ and documentation 'Data storage'…
- Cursor TeamsWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model…
- Amazon Q Developer Pro TierFAQ and documentation 'Data storage': content is stored to generate responses and to provide the service; according to the documentation, 'We do not use content from Amazon Q Developer Pro or Amazon Q Business for service improvement'; encryption at rest and in transit. Specific retention period: not publicly documented.Cursor TeamsWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
Price
- differs by plan
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier19 USD/user/mo
- Cursor Teamsfrom 30 USD/user/mo
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
19 USD per user per month (pricing page, no indication whether incl. VAT; according to AWS Tax Help, AWS Europe charges VAT on service charges for accounts in the EU)
Cursor Teamsfrom USD 30 per user per month (pricing page: "$30+/user/month", excl. taxes); seat types can be combined.
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tieryes
- Cursor Teamsyes
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
yes (extended limits for agentic requests, according to the FAQ 10,000 inference calls per month or around 1,000 user requests; Java/.NET transformation up to 4,000 lines of code per user in the pool; admin dashboard, IP indemnity)
Cursor Teamsyes (as Premium, plus team marketplace, centralised billing, team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO; usage 4x to 50x Plus depending on seat tier)
Evidence
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier11 sources
- Cursor Teams6 sources
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Tier
- Amazon Q Developer PricingPricing page, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Amazon Q Developer FAQsDocumentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AWS Sub-processors (as of 2026-07-28)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AWS GDPR CenterPrivacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Cross-region processing in Amazon Q DeveloperDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Supported Regions for Amazon Q DeveloperDocumentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Region supportDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data storage in Amazon Q DeveloperDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Amazon Q Developer service improvementDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- AWS Service Terms (as of 2026-10-13)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- AWS Tax Help – European UnionHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Cursor Teams- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security (as of 2026-08-25)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Use & Privacy Overview (as of 2026-09-03)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Docs: Privacy and data governanceDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (Vanta, 20 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Amazon Q Developer | Cursor |
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| differs by tool | yesall 2 plans |
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| Details: DPA available |
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| opt-out availableall 5 plans |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| differs by tool |
| mixedall 5 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 2 plans | list availableall 5 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by tool |
| With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model…all 5 plans |
| Details: Data retention |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 2 plans | yesall 5 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 12 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Amazon Q Developeryesall 2 plans
- Cursor
- not publicly documentedFree (free of charge), Plus, Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual), Teams
- yesEnterprise
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free Tier
yes (AWS Service Terms, section 1.14.1: 'These Service Terms incorporate the AWS Data Processing Addendum ("DPA"), when you use AWS Services to process Customer Data'; no exception for the Free Tier is stated there; section 50.13 additionally governs the use of Free Tier content for service improvement)
Provider’s DPA - Pro Tier
yes (according to the GDPR Center, the AWS GDPR DPA, including standard contractual clauses, is part of the AWS Service Terms and applies automatically)
Provider’s DPA
Cursor- Free (free of charge)
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Plus
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Teams
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Enterprise
yes (public DPA, applies together with the Master Services Agreement; EU SCCs Module Two and UK Addendum)
Provider’s DPA
- Free Tier
Training
- differs by tool
- Amazon Q Developer
- opt-out availableFree Tier
- noPro Tier
- Cursoropt-out availableall 5 plans
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free Tier
FAQ and documentation 'Amazon Q Developer service improvement': in the Free Tier, content (questions, responses, generated code) may be used for service improvement, according to the documentation including 'for model training'. Service Terms 50.13: Amazon Q Content may be used to improve Amazon Q and, for that purpose, stored outside the AWS Region in use; content that does not contain personal data may also be used to train other AWS ML models. Opt-out depending on the environment: IDE/command line via the setting 'Share Amazon Q content with AWS' or 'Amazon Q: Share Content'; console/mobile app/AWS websites/chat applications via an AI services opt-out policy in AWS Organizations. Telemetry (without code) can be switched off separately. Pricing page: 'Opt-out available'.
- Pro Tier
FAQ: Amazon Q Developer Pro and Amazon Q Business do not use content for service improvement; content from the Pro Tier is not used to train underlying foundation models. Telemetry/usage metrics may be collected (opt-out in the IDE settings). Pricing page: 'Automatically opted out'.
Cursor- Free (free of charge)
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. According to the Security page, Privacy Mode is also available for Free and can be enabled in the settings; default setting for individual accounts not publicly documented.
- Plus
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. According to the Security page, Privacy Mode is available for Free and Pro and can be enabled in the settings; default setting for individual accounts not publicly documented.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. According to the Security page, Privacy Mode is available for Free and Pro and can be enabled in the settings; default setting for individual accounts not publicly documented.
- Teams
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Teams: team-wide privacy settings; new members inherit the team setting; admins can enforce Privacy Mode.
- Enterprise
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Enterprise: according to the documentation, Privacy Mode is enabled by default and enforceable; requests to models with provider-side storage (according to the documentation, Claude Fable 5 and 5.1) fail until an admin approves the retention policy.
- Free Tier
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Amazon Q Developer
- mixedFree Tier
- EU optionPro Tier
- Cursormixedall 5 plans
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free Tier
Documentation 'Data storage in Amazon Q Developer': in the Free Tier, content is stored in a US Region (console error diagnosis: US West/Oregon, everything else: US East/N. Virginia). Cross-region inference may route requests to other Regions within the geography. Service Terms 50.13.1: content used for service improvement may be stored outside the Region in use. The sub-processor list names Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA as locations of the AWS entities that process Free Tier content for service improvement (only without opt-out).
- Pro Tier
Documentation 'Amazon Q Developer Pro Region support': the Q Developer console and profile are available in US East (N. Virginia) and Europe (Frankfurt); Pro via a personal Builder ID only in US East (N. Virginia). Documentation 'Data storage': in the Pro Tier, content is stored in the profile Region only for the following features: Q chat in the AWS console, error diagnosis in the console, Q in Eclipse, JetBrains, VS Code and Visual Studio, and Q on the command line; for all other features 'your content may be stored and processed in a US Region' (can be blocked via a service control policy). Exceptions include: Amazon Q artifacts (visualisations) in a US Region; Console to Code stored in the console Region and processed in a US Region; CloudWatch investigations possibly in other Regions. Not available for profiles in Frankfurt: support chat, troubleshooting resources, .NET transformation in the IDE, Slack integration, Console Mobile App, GitLab Duo with Amazon Q, Amazon Q for GitHub. Cross-region inference stays within the geography (Europe: Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm).
Cursor- Free (free of charge)
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Plus
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Teams
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Enterprise
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Free Tier
Sub-processors
- Amazon Q Developerlist availableall 2 plans
- Cursorlist availableall 5 plans
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free Tier
- Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL / Amazon Web Services, Inc. (contracting party, depending on the account country)
- AWS infrastructure entities per region (e.g. A100 ROW GmbH, region Europe/Frankfurt)
- Amazon Bedrock (LLM inference; cross-region inference within the geography)
- The sub-processor list (section 'AWS entities providing service improvement') names the locations Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, US for 'Amazon Q Developer Free Tier / Kiro Free Tier / Individual Subscriber'; applies provided the customer has not objected to use for service improvement
- Pro Tier
- Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL / Amazon Web Services, Inc. (contracting party, depending on the account country)
- AWS infrastructure entities per region (e.g. A100 ROW GmbH, region Europe/Frankfurt)
- Amazon Bedrock (LLM inference; cross-region inference within the geography)
- The sub-processor list (section 'AWS entities providing service improvement') names the locations Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, US for 'Amazon Q Developer Free Tier / Kiro Free Tier / Individual Subscriber'; applies provided the customer has not objected to use for service improvement
Cursor- Free (free of charge)
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Plus
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Teams
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Enterprise
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Free Tier
Retention
- differs by tool
- Amazon Q Developer
- FAQ and documentation 'Data storage': AWS…Free Tier
- FAQ and documentation 'Data storage'…Pro Tier
- CursorWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model…all 5 plans
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free TierFAQ and documentation 'Data storage': AWS stores questions, responses and additional context (console metadata, code) to generate responses and may retain content for service improvement unless an opt-out has been made; encryption at rest and in transit. Specific retention period: not publicly documented (the Service Terms state a period of up to 60 days only for Kiro Free Tier, not for Amazon Q Developer).
- Pro TierFAQ and documentation 'Data storage': content is stored to generate responses and to provide the service; according to the documentation, 'We do not use content from Amazon Q Developer Pro or Amazon Q Business for service improvement'; encryption at rest and in transit. Specific retention period: not publicly documented.
Cursor- Free (free of charge)With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- PlusWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- TeamsWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- EnterpriseWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
Price
- differs by tool
- Amazon Q Developer
- 0 USDFree Tier
- 19 USD/user/moPro Tier
- Cursor
- 0 USD/moFree (free of charge)
- 8 USD/moPlus
- several tiersPremium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
- from 30 USD/user/moTeams
- customEnterprise
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free Tier
0 USD (pricing page)
- Pro Tier
19 USD per user per month (pricing page, no indication whether incl. VAT; according to AWS Tax Help, AWS Europe charges VAT on service charges for accounts in the EU)
Cursor- Free (free of charge)
USD 0 per month (pricing page; prices excl. taxes such as VAT)
- Plus
USD 8 per month (pricing page, excl. taxes). According to the pricing page FAQ, subscriptions are sold via X Subscription Corp.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
Premium USD 30, Super USD 100, Ultra USD 200 per month (pricing page, excl. taxes); third-party models are billed separately based on usage. According to the FAQ, sold via X Subscription Corp.
- Teams
from USD 30 per user per month (pricing page: "$30+/user/month", excl. taxes); seat types can be combined.
- Enterprise
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom'); invoice/PO billing available
- Free Tier
- Amazon Q Developeryesall 2 plans
- Cursoryesall 5 plans
- Amazon Q Developer
- Free Tier
yes (50 agentic requests per month in IDE/CLI; Java upgrade transformation up to 1,000 lines of code per month; console Q&A)
- Pro Tier
yes (extended limits for agentic requests, according to the FAQ 10,000 inference calls per month or around 1,000 user requests; Java/.NET transformation up to 4,000 lines of code per user in the pool; admin dashboard, IP indemnity)
Cursor- Free (free of charge)
yes (limited AI usage, limited Agent and chat requests; Grok Chat/Imagine/Build limited)
- Plus
yes (shared AI usage pool; according to the pricing page, Grok models only; Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, Build, Grok API access; plus X features)
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
yes (Premium 4x, Super 15x, Ultra 50x usage compared with Plus; Cloud Agents and automations, Bugbot, third-party models at API list price, Grok Bot, video generation; plus X features)
- Teams
yes (as Premium, plus team marketplace, centralised billing, team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO; usage 4x to 50x Plus depending on seat tier)
- Enterprise
yes (as Teams, plus pooled usage, invoice/PO, SCIM, access, network and model controls, audit logs, Priority Support; optional US data residency)
- Free Tier
Evidence
- Amazon Q Developer12 sources
- Cursor8 sources
- Amazon Q Developer
- Amazon Q Developer PricingPricing page, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Amazon Q Developer FAQsDocumentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AWS Sub-processors (as of 2026-07-28)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AWS GDPR CenterPrivacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Cross-region processing in Amazon Q DeveloperDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Supported Regions for Amazon Q DeveloperDocumentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Amazon Q Developer Pro Region supportDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data storage in Amazon Q DeveloperDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Amazon Q Developer service improvementDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Opt out of data sharing in the IDE and command lineDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- AWS Service Terms (as of 2026-10-13)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- AWS Tax Help – European UnionHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Cursor- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security (as of 2026-08-25)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Use & Privacy Overview (as of 2026-09-03)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-11-05)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Docs: Privacy and data governanceDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (Vanta, 20 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- SpaceXAI Bundled Subscription Terms (X Subscription Corp)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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