A decision for a beginner, not a spec sheet. Scores are our weights. Prices are the public plans, and anything marked verify on the tool page should be re-checked before you pay.
Pick GitHub Copilot if you want an assistant inside VS Code, JetBrains, or GitHub.
Pick Kiro if you want a web app or automation you will keep in a repo and review as a diff.
An IDE assistant at $10 a month, if you already live in GitHub.
Cheapest verified paid plan: Pro · $10/mo
An agentic IDE that turns a prompt into a spec, then into a diff.
Cheapest verified paid plan: Pro · $20/user/mo
Web app or SaaS
Mobile app
Game
Website or landing page
Automation or script
No code
I can follow a change
I already develop
Last verified 2026-10-19
Individual
Free
VerifyA limited free tier. The plans FAQ still lists 2,000 completions and 50 chat requests. The billing docs say 2,000 completions a month plus an AI credit allowance whose size is not stated, with auto model selection only.
The free price is real. On 2026-10-19 the chat allowance and the credit allowance still disagree across GitHub's own pages, so this row stays verify.
Individual
$10/mo
Verified1,500 AI credits a month (1,000 base + 500 flex). Completions and next edit do not use credits. 1 credit = $0.01.
From GitHub's usage-based billing docs for individuals.
Individual
$39/mo
Verified7,000 AI credits a month (3,900 base + 3,100 flex). Completions stay unlimited.
Flex allotments can change. Base credits are tied to the subscription price.
Individual
$100/mo
Verified20,000 AI credits a month (10,000 base + 10,000 flex).
The individual plan for sustained agent work.
Last verified 2026-10-19
Individual
Free
Verified50 credits a month. Claude Sonnet 4.5 and open-weight models such as Qwen3 Coder Next, DeepSeek 3.2, and MiniMax M2.1, with rate limits. No add-on credits. Kiro Web is not included.
The 50-credit free allowance is on the pricing page and the billing docs. The free tier is not offered on Kiro Enterprise or in AWS GovCloud.
Individual
$20/user/mo
Verified1,000 credits a month. Premium models, including Auto, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Opus 5, where those models are available. Add-on credits at $0.04. Kiro Web uses the same credits.
Price is on kiro.dev/pricing. The credit count is on the billing docs. Prices exclude tax. A first upgrade with social login or Builder ID gets a $20 credit toward the subscription, prorated for the partial month.
Individual
$40/user/mo
Verified2,000 credits a month, with the same paid-plan model access and add-on credits as Pro.
Price on the pricing page. Credit count on the billing docs.
Individual
$100/user/mo
Verified5,000 credits a month. The same feature set as Power, including specs, custom subagents, powers, and hooks.
The $100 price and the 5,000-credit count are on the pricing page's tier list, the billing docs, and Kiro's Pro Max announcement.
Individual
$200/user/mo
Verified10,000 credits a month, the largest self-serve pool, plus add-on credits at $0.04.
Price on the pricing page. Credit count on the billing docs. AWS GovCloud is approximately 20% higher and has no free tier. That regional markup is not a separate dollar row here.
Monthly. Included credits do not roll over. Base credits are used before the flex allotment.
Wait for the monthly reset.
Plan credits renew at the start of the next billing cycle. Paid subscriptions are processed on the 1st of each calendar month. Unused plan credits do not roll over. Add-on credits, which are paid plans only, last 12 months.
On Free, wait for the monthly reset. Add-on credits cannot be bought on this tier, and Kiro Web is not included.
GitHub Copilot's cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Pro at $10/mo. Kiro's cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Pro at $20/user/mo.
GitHub Copilot is for a developer who wants an assistant inside VS Code, JetBrains, or GitHub, staying near $10 a month, and web app and script work where you already have the repo open.
Kiro is for a web app or automation you will keep in a repo and review as a diff, developers who want requirements and tasks written down before the agent edits, and a published monthly credit number, instead of an unpublished quota.
GitHub Copilot scores 1 out of 5 for someone who does not want to read code. Kiro scores 2 out of 5. Kiro has the higher no-code score. Copilot assumes an editor. It is the wrong first tool if you do not want files. Specs are written in plain language, and you still end up reading a diff. If code on screen is a dealbreaker, use a browser builder.
GitHub Copilot: Free is real, with a tight cap. The plans FAQ still says 2,000 completions and 50 chats. A later billing post describes limited completions plus limited chat and agent usage. Confirm the live counter. Kiro: 50 credits a month on the perpetual free tier, with Claude Sonnet 4.5 and open-weight models, subject to rate limits. Add-on credits are not available. Kiro Web is not on this plan.