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Jules vs Kiro

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.

The call

  • Jules: Browser agent that opens pull requests on GitHub. Kiro: Desktop IDE, CLI, and a paid web app for cloud sessions.
  • Neither tool is a clear no-code winner over the other. Read the skill scores before you decide on comfort.
  • Jules has the lower verified individual paid plan: Google AI Pro (Jules in Pro) at $19.99/mo.
  • On the kind of project, these two are close. Budget and where you want to work should break the tie.

Pick Jules if you want bug fixes, version bumps, and small features on a repo you already have.

Pick Kiro if you want a web app or automation you will keep in a repo and review as a diff.

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Jules

An async agent that takes a GitHub task and opens a pull request.

Cheapest verified paid plan: Google AI Pro (Jules in Pro) · $19.99/mo

Pick it when

  • Bug fixes, version bumps, and small features on a repo you already have
  • Handing off a task and reviewing the pull request later
  • A free daily allowance with a published task count

Leave it when

  • A hosted app you want to see running without a GitHub repo
  • No-code landing pages
  • Native mobile apps and games
  • A Workspace or non-Gmail account that needs a paid Jules upgrade (Jules says that path is not available yet)

Kiro

An agentic IDE that turns a prompt into a spec, then into a diff.

Cheapest verified paid plan: Pro · $20/user/mo

Pick it when

  • 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
  • A published monthly credit number, instead of an unpublished quota

Leave it when

  • Publishing a landing page without looking at code
  • A native iOS or Android app (the Kiro mobile app only steers sessions)
  • Games that need a scene editor
  • Anyone who needs the free 50 credits to last a month of daily agent work

Where the weights differ

Web app or SaaS

Jules4/5
Kiro5/5

Mobile app

Jules2/5
Kiro2/5

Game

Jules2/5
Kiro2/5

Website or landing page

Jules3/5
Kiro3/5

Automation or script

Jules4/5
Kiro5/5

No code

Jules2/5
Kiro2/5

I can follow a change

Jules4/5
Kiro4/5

I already develop

Jules5/5
Kiro5/5

Jules plans

Last verified 2026-10-19

Jules

Individual

Free

Verified

15 tasks per rolling 24 hours, 3 concurrent tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro. Jules' own label for this row is evaluating the agent on real work.

Task counts are on jules.google and the usage-limits doc. Neither page prints a dollar price because this row is free.

Google AI Pro (Jules in Pro)

Individual

$19.99/mo

Verified

100 tasks per rolling 24 hours, 15 concurrent tasks, and higher access to the latest model. The Jules plan table says that starts with Gemini 3 Pro. A March 9, 2026 Jules changelog says Gemini 3.1 Pro replaced Gemini 3 Pro as the default for Pro users.

Jules docs say Jules in Pro is included with Google AI Pro. The $19.99 price is the Google AI Pro price on Google One, which also includes storage and other Google AI products. Google AI Plus at $4.99 is not listed by Jules as an upgrade. Google One only labels Plus Jules limits as Limited, so it is not a paid Jules row.

Google AI Ultra 5x (Jules in Ultra)

Individual

$99.99/mo

Verified

Google One labels Jules task limits, concurrent limits, and latest-model access as Higher than Pro. Jules' plan table publishes one Ultra row of 300 tasks per rolling 24 hours and 60 concurrent tasks, and does not say whether that row is this 5x plan, the 20x plan, or both.

The $99.99 price is Google AI Ultra 5x on Google One. The task number is left off this card so a single Ultra row is not pasted onto both prices.

Google AI Ultra 20x (Jules in Ultra)

Individual

$199.99/mo

Verified

Google One labels Jules task limits, concurrent limits, and latest-model access as Highest. The same Jules Ultra row of 300 tasks and 60 concurrent tasks is not assigned to this price either.

The $199.99 price is Google AI Ultra 20x on Google One. Jules docs describe one Ultra benefit and one set of task numbers.

Kiro plans

Last verified 2026-10-19

Free

Individual

Free

Verified

50 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.

Pro

Individual

$20/user/mo

Verified

1,000 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.

Pro+

Individual

$40/user/mo

Verified

2,000 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.

Pro Max

Individual

$100/user/mo

Verified

5,000 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.

Power

Individual

$200/user/mo

Verified

10,000 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.

When Jules runs out

Task limits are a rolling 24 hours, not midnight. Concurrent-task caps apply at the same time. Family-plan members each have their own limits. They are not pooled.

When the new-task button turns off, keep reviewing tasks that are already running. History stays available.

When Kiro runs out

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.

Full limit playbook

Questions people actually ask

Which is cheaper, Jules or Kiro?

Jules's cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Google AI Pro (Jules in Pro) at $19.99/mo. Kiro's cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Pro at $20/user/mo.

Who is Jules for?

Jules is for bug fixes, version bumps, and small features on a repo you already have, handing off a task and reviewing the pull request later, and a free daily allowance with a published task count.

Who is Kiro for?

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.

Which is a better fit if I do not want to read code, Jules or Kiro?

Jules scores 2 out of 5 for someone who does not want to read code. Kiro scores 2 out of 5. The scores are the same. You need a GitHub repo and you need to read the pull request. This is not a form that publishes an app. 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.

Do Jules and Kiro have free plans?

Jules: 15 tasks per rolling 24 hours, 3 concurrent, on Gemini 2.5 Pro. Jules describes this plan as evaluating the agent on real work. It does not host the project. 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.