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title: "Kiro pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "AWS's agentic IDE on a VS Code foundation, with a CLI, a web agent and an iOS app sharing one .kiro config. Specs, steering and hooks drive the agent. Plans are priced in credits."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/kiro"
---
# Kiro

> AWS's agentic IDE on a VS Code foundation, with a CLI, a web agent and an iOS app sharing one .kiro config. Specs, steering and hooks drive the agent. Plans are priced in credits.

- **Layer**: AI-native IDE, Terminal agent, Cloud agent
- **Vendor**: Amazon Web Services
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS
- **License**: Proprietary
- **Pricing**: Free tier
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/kiro.json

## Links

- [Website](https://kiro.dev)
- [Pricing](https://kiro.dev/pricing)
- [Docs](https://kiro.dev/docs)
- [Changelog](https://kiro.dev/changelog)

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free (individual) | Free | 50 credits/mo | Blocked until upgrade | — |
| Pro (individual) | $20/mo (per user) | 1,000 credits/mo (≈ $40) | Credit packs, $0.04 each | — |
| Pro+ (individual) | $40/mo (per user) | 2,000 credits/mo (≈ $80) | Credit packs, $0.04 each | — |
| Pro Max (individual) | $100/mo (per user) | 5,000 credits/mo (≈ $200) | Credit packs, $0.04 each | — |
| Power (individual) | $200/mo (per user) | 10,000 credits/mo (≈ $400) | Credit packs, $0.04 each | — |
| Enterprise (enterprise) | Contact sales | — | — | Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics and enterprise security controls |

Each developer needs their own subscription. Unused credits do not roll over. A $20 credit applies on the first upgrade with social login or AWS Builder ID. GovCloud pricing is about 20 percent higher with no free tier.

Source: [kiro.dev/pricing](https://kiro.dev/pricing/), verified 2026-09-18.

## Models

- **Providers**: Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Alibaba, Zhipu, MiniMax
- **Bring your own key**: No BYOK
- **Local models**: No

Hosted models only, billed in credits with a per-model multiplier. Claude Opus at 1x, Sonnet at 1.3x, Opus 5 at 2.2x, GPT-5.6 Sol at 2.4x, open weight models from 0.05x to 0.5x. Auto routes between models. No keys or local models in the docs.

## Features

- **Subagents**: The agent can delegate to child agents
- **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers
- **ACP agent**: Can be hosted by ACP clients such as Zed
- **Sandboxing**: Runs commands in an isolated sandbox
- **Mobile companion**: Follow or drive sessions from a phone
- **Scheduled tasks**: Automations that run on a schedule
- **Checkpoints**: Snapshot and roll back agent changes
- **Plugins**: Extensible through plugins or a marketplace
- **Hooks**: Run your own commands at lifecycle points

## Install

- **download**: [kiro.dev/downloads](https://kiro.dev/downloads/)
- **curl**: `curl -fsSL https://cli.kiro.dev/install | bash`

## License

- **SPDX**: Proprietary
- **Kind**: Proprietary

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [kiro.dev/pricing](https://kiro.dev/pricing/) | pricing | 2026-09-18 |
| [kiro.dev/docs/models/available-models](https://kiro.dev/docs/models/available-models/) | models | 2026-08-23 |
| [kiro.dev/docs/getting-started/installation](https://kiro.dev/docs/getting-started/installation/) | platforms, general | 2026-08-23 |
| [kiro.dev/docs](https://kiro.dev/docs/) | features, general | 2026-08-23 |
| [kiro.dev/docs/cli/acp](https://kiro.dev/docs/cli/acp/) | features | 2026-08-23 |
| [kiro.dev/docs/powers](https://kiro.dev/docs/powers/) | features | 2026-08-23 |
| [kiro.dev/docs/web/automations](https://kiro.dev/docs/web/automations/) | features | 2026-08-23 |

Source data: [content/tools/kiro.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/kiro.yml)

## Related

- [Compare Kiro with another tool](https://whichcoding.tools/compare?tools=kiro)
- [All AI-native IDEs](https://whichcoding.tools/layers/editor)

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