Kiro review

Kiro stands out for how plainly it prices agent work. Every tier lists its credits: 50 on Free, 1,000 on Pro at $20 per user per month, 2,000 on Pro+ at $40, 5,000 on Pro Max at $100 and 10,000 on Power at $200, with add-ons at $0.04 per credit. Teams of two or more can buy $20 seats that each add 500 credits to a shared pool, and admins set limits for people and groups. The product itself is agent-first. You set intent and context, and Kiro agents plan, build, review and verify work locally or in the cloud, then wait for approval before merging. Kiro Crew adds persistent agents that watch a backlog, codebase or CI and act when work appears. Auto mode routes prompts across models, or you can pick GPT-5.6, Claude Opus 5 or open weight models. The free tier is narrow, and credit multipliers make per-task costs harder to predict.

Who it is for

Teams that want predictable credit budgets and agents that plan, build and review work before merging.

Price

Free plan with 50 credits; Pro $20, Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100 and Power $200 per user per month.

KIRO PRO $20 per user / month 1,000 credits
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• IDE, CLI, web and mobile access to Kiro agents
• Kiro Crew: persistent agents that watch a backlog, codebase or CI
• Cloud sessions with parallel agents that run for hours
• Auto mode that mixes frontier and specialized models
• Team credit pools with usage limits and dashboards

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Clear credit counts on every tier, from 50 to 10,000 a month
• Strength: Add-on credits cost $0.04 each
• Strength: First upgrade includes the rest of the month free and 500 trial credits
• Weakness: Free tier is limited to open weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5
• Weakness: Credit multipliers vary by model, so costs per task differ
• Weakness: GovCloud pricing is about 20 percent higher

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, 50 credits per month
• Pro credits: 1,000 per month
• Team seats: $20 per seat, 500 pooled credits

Where it ranks

Kiro is No. 7 in our Best AI Coding Assistants verdict.