Kiro
Agentic engineering from AWS: specs, parallel agents and correctness checks, in an IDE, CLI, web and mobile.
Kiro is an agentic coding tool from AWS with an IDE, a CLI, a web app and a mobile app. It turns prompts into requirements, designs and tasks (specs), then implements them with parallel agents and checks the result with property-based tests. Claude, GPT and open weight models. Free with 50 credits, then Pro at $20/mo.
- IDE
- Spec-driven
- Agents
- AWS
Who it is for
Pick it if
You want specs, parallel agents and property-based tests, in an IDE, CLI or the web, with a free plan to start and AWS behind it.
Skip it if
You want a flat fee with no credits to track, or a plan with a published yearly discount.
At a glance
Feature coverage
4 yes · 2 partial · 0 not offered or not listed
Editor + agentYes
Kiro IDE, based on Code OSS, with specs, steering and hooks; it imports VS Code settings and Open VSX…
Terminal / CLI agentYes
Kiro CLI works in bash, zsh and fish with custom agents, specs and a lighter /lite mode
Parallel or background agentsYes
Parallel agents run locally or in the cloud, and Kiro Web sessions keep going when you close your laptop
PR / code-review flowPartial
The headless CLI reviews pull requests and fixes bugs in CI/CD; no dedicated PR review product is named
Model choiceYes
Auto, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-5.6 and open weight models from DeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM and Qwen
PlatformsPartial
IDE, CLI, web and mobile app, with ACP-compatible editors; the pages read do not list the desktop operating…
By the numbers
From the entry paid plan
- Entry price
- Team price
- Platforms supported
- Ways to run the agent
- Model providers
- Extension points
Pricing at a glance
Official pricingFree
$0
Pro
$20 / user/mo
Pro+
$40 / user/mo
Pro Max
$100 / user/mo
Power
$200 / user/mo
Enterprise
Custom