Kiro: pricing, what it does and real use cases

AWS's agentic IDE that works from specs: it turns a prompt into requirements, a design and tasks, then writes the code.

CodingPer seatFree tierBy Amazon Web Services

Starting price

Free; Pro $20/user/mo

Pricing model

Per seat

Use cases we found

Prices checked

October 21, 2026

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Jobs it fits

Turn a spec into working code
Run coding agents in an IDE

Pricing

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	$0/month	50 credits
Pro	$20/user/mo	1,000 credits
Pro+	$40/user/mo	2,000 credits
Pro Max	$100/user/mo	5,000 credits

Source: https://kiro.dev/pricing/, checked October 21, 2026. Prices change; confirm on the vendor's page.

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