Kiro

Name: Kiro
Brand: Amazon Web Services
Availability: InStock

by Amazon Web Services · Seattle, USA

AWS's spec-driven agentic IDE — drafts requirements and a design before parallel agents write the code, positioned as the successor to Amazon Q Developer.

Category Developer Tools

Founded Jul 2025

Lowest plan Free

Top plan $200/mo

Visit Kiro ↗ Updated October 14, 2026

§ Pricing

All plans, in full.

Free

50 credits/mo, open-weight models + Claude Sonnet 4.5
Rate-limited; teams up to 500 users

Pro

$20 /mo

Pro, per user

1,000 credits/mo, access to premium models
Add-on credits at $0.04 each

Pro+

$40 /mo

Pro+, per user

2,000 credits/mo, access to premium models
Add-on credits at $0.04 each

Pro Max

$100 /mo

Pro Max, per user

5,000 credits/mo, access to premium models
Add-on credits at $0.04 each

Power

$200 /mo

Power, per user

10,000 credits/mo, access to premium models
No team-size cap; add-on credits at $0.04 each

Enterprise

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Contact sales, billed through AWS

Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics
For organizations above 500 users or with custom needs

The honest take

AWS's spec-driven agentic IDE — drafts requirements and a design before parallel agents write the code, positioned as the successor to Amazon Q Developer.

Best for: Teams already on AWS who want an agent that plans a spec and runs tests before generating code across large codebases

Where it falls short: Premium-model credits burn fast on real work — AWS added usage caps and a signup waitlist within days of the 2025 preview over cost backlash

What you actually get

Spec-driven coding
Agentic IDE
AWS-native
CLI & web

Pricing history

Jul 2025

Launches in public preview from AWS as a spec-driven agentic IDE

Nov 2025

Reaches general availability with team features and CLI support

Oct 2026

Added to the AI Apps catalog as AWS actively migrates Amazon Q Developer users to it

Should you pay for it?

The free tier of Kiro is good enough for casual use. Pay $20/mo only when you start hitting daily caps or need access to the better models.