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Kiro

Coding agent by Amazon Web Services

ActiveClosed sourceVerified Oct 22, 2026
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AWS's agentic development environment built on Code OSS, centered on spec-driven development (requirements, design, tasks), with steering files, hooks, and a shared agent across the IDE, CLI, web, and mobile.

Key facts

Type
Coding agent · IDE, CLI, Cloud agent, Web
Pricing
Free tier, paid from $20/mo
Free tier
Perpetual Free plan with 50 credits per month, limited to open-weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5.
License
Proprietary
Models
Claude, GPT, Kimi, DeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM, Qwen
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
Bring your own API key
No
Local models
No
MCP support
Yes
Self-hostable
No

Kiro pricing

Free

$0/month

50 credits/month; open-weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5 only

Pro

$20/month

Per user; 1,000 credits; add-on credits $0.04/credit

Pro+

$40/month

Per user; 2,000 credits; add-on credits $0.04/credit

Pro Max

$100/month

Per user; 5,000 credits; add-on credits $0.04/credit

Power

$200/month

Per user; 10,000 credits; add-on credits $0.04/credit

Enterprise

Custom

Contact sales; SSO, centralized billing, usage analytics; for 500+ users or custom requirements

Best for

  • Teams that want structured, spec-first planning before code generation
  • AWS customers who want billing and governance through AWS
  • Developers moving from Amazon Q Developer

Pros

  • Spec-driven workflow with requirements, design, and task documents
  • Clear credit-based pricing with published per-model multipliers
  • Same agent and .kiro/ configuration across IDE, CLI, and web

Cons

  • No bring-your-own-key or local model support
  • Credit usage per task varies with model and task size
  • Closed source; IDE is licensed as AWS Content

How Kiro compares

Claude Code vs Kiro

Pick Claude Code if you want a terminal-first agent you steer in conversation, on a predictable Claude subscription.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Cursor vs Kiro

Pick Cursor if you want fast, interactive editing with an agent beside you and you're happy with Cursor's own Grok and Composer models: its $8 Plus plan is the cheapest way in.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

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