Kiro
AWS agentic IDE built around spec-driven development: prompts become requirements, design and tasks, with hooks and parallel agents.
- License
- proprietary
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, CLI
- Own API keys
- No
- Checked
- 2026-09-24
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FAQ
Is Kiro free?
Kiro Free: a permanent tier with 50 credits per month and access to open-weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5, with limits.
Does Kiro work with free models?
It uses the vendor's own models; connecting third-party free APIs is not supported or not documented.
What license does Kiro use?
proprietary. There is a free tier and paid plans.