AWS·Desktop IDE, CLI, and a paid web app for cloud sessions
Kiro
Free, or $20/user/mo to start
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want requirements and tasks written down before the agent edits, and a published monthly credit number, instead of an unpublished quota. The cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Pro at $20/user/mo.
An agentic IDE that turns a prompt into a spec, then into a diff.
Kiro is AWS's agentic IDE, with a CLI and a paid web app that runs tasks in a cloud sandbox. Free is 50 credits a month. Paid plans are Pro at $20 (1,000 credits), Pro+ at $40 (2,000), Pro Max at $100 (5,000), and Power at $200 (10,000). Plan credits reset monthly and do not roll over. Paid plans can buy more at $0.04 a credit. It is a spec-and-diff tool for a repo, not a form that publishes a site.
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A published monthly credit number, instead of an unpublished quota
Not great for
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
Pricing tiers
Individual plans marked for budget matching can change the quiz. Team plans are listed so you can see them, and they do not decide a beginner's rank. Verify means confirm the live page before you quote or pay.
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.
Enterprise
Team
Contact sales
Verify
Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics, and enterprise security controls. Overages, if an admin turns them on, are $0.04 per credit. No published seat price.
The pricing page describes the plan and does not print a dollar amount, so this row stays Verify and out of budget matching. Each developer still needs a subscription. Organizations over 500 users are pointed to sales.
When you hit the limit
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.
1. On Free, wait for the monthly reset. Add-on credits cannot be bought on this tier, and Kiro Web is not included.
2. On a paid plan, buy add-on credits at $0.04 each. Packs start at $5 for 125 credits and go up to $100. Plan credits are spent first.
3. Move up a tier when add-on packs are becoming the real bill. Pro+ is $40, Pro Max is $100, and Power is $200.
4. Switch the model to Auto, or to a cheaper open-weight model, when a frontier model is burning the pool. The pricing page's own example is Sonnet 4.6 at 1.3x the credit cost of Auto.
5. The first paid upgrade with social login or AWS Builder ID includes a $20 credit toward that subscription. It is prorated, and it is not a permanent discount.
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. It is not great for 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, and anyone who needs the free 50 credits to last a month of daily agent work.
How much does Kiro cost?
The individual plans that can change the quiz are Free (Free), Pro ($20/user/mo), Pro+ ($40/user/mo), Pro Max ($100/user/mo), and Power ($200/user/mo). The cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Pro at $20/user/mo. Team plans and other rows on this page do not decide a beginner's rank.
Does Kiro have a free plan?
The Free plan is Free. 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.
What happens when I hit the Kiro limit?
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.
Can I use Kiro if I do not want to read code?
Fitbuild scores Kiro 2 out of 5 for someone who does not want to read code. 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.
Free tier in one line: 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.