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Kiro

AWS-built agentic coding service and IDE focused on spec-driven development, hooks, steering files, CLI agents, and Kiro Web cloud work.

IDECLIWebCloudActiveProprietaryHosted model accessMCP Yes

2,369

Attributed output

GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09

#27

Index rank · all agents

#23 of 40 CLI agents

n/a

Business signal

No sourced business metric

Free / $20+ paid

Entry price

Plan allowance and usage credits

Not published

GitHub stars

No public repo

Not published

npm demand/wk

Public npm counter

From the public record

What the public commits reveal

97 commits · 11 repositories

Search window: – · captured Oct 14, 2026 (UTC)

The same commits can credit more than one agent

1%1 / 97 sampled commits

1 of 97 unique sampled commits carry additional agent attribution (Claude). Counting each agent separately can therefore count the same commit more than once. This is shared attribution, not proof of a handoff or which tool did most of the work.

This is a sample of publicly attributed work, not total usage or a market-share estimate. Repositories are not customers. Attribution is declared in metadata, not independently verified tool execution; it does not prove exclusive authorship or autonomy. GitHub flagged incomplete search results; only returned, validated records are described and search totals are not used.

Method and audit data

Up to 100 returned search results ordered by commit date within the audit window; attribution trailers validated and duplicate SHAs removed across repositories. A recent convenience sample, not a random or exhaustive sample. Commit sample dates use the UTC committer timestamp, matching the search window. Excluded 3 commits with five or more distinct recognized agent/model credits in one message; broad credit lists are not used as evidence of a workflow.

Returned records dated Oct 11, 2026–Oct 11, 2026.

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Activity Over Time

Weekly attributed output on public GitHub. Output visible through the agent's own bot or workflow is exact; output measured through declared attribution is an estimate. Window: 2025-02-03 to 2026-10-05.

Market

Developer output

2,369

Public GitHub commits attributed to Kiro

Kiro has no documented default attribution, so coverage is partial.

Last full week (ending 2026-10-11): 686 signed commits (-17.1% week over week), search estimate.

Snapshot 2026-06-09, confidence Low, tracked since 2026-06-09. Read the methodology.

Index rank · all agents
#27 of 47 · #23 among CLI agents
Demand share
No public npm package
Business signal
No sourced business metric
GitHub share
No public repo
npm channel
No public npm package

Best fit

Spec-driven developmentAWS organizationsTeams that want planning artifactsIDE plus CLI workflows
  • Kiro fills a gap in the index: AWS's spec-driven IDE/CLI/Web coding agent.
  • Its traction is harder to compare publicly because AWS distributes Kiro through native downloads and account-based credits rather than npm.
  • Kiro's pricing is unusually explicit for model multipliers, credits, overage, and separate Pro/Pro+/Power tiers.
All sourced signals (3)Expand
SignalValueTypeConfidence
Latest IDE0.12.263OfficialHigh
Latest CLI2.5.0OfficialHigh
Power tier$200/month for 10,000 creditsOfficialHigh

Pricing And Economics

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Pricing snapshot: 2026-09-25. Check the vendor for current terms.

Free includes limited credits. Pro is $20/user/month, Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100, and Power $200.

Entry price
Free / $20+ paid
Top self-serve price
$200/mo
Pricing unit
Plan allowance and usage credits
Token transparency
Credit proxy
Included usage
Paid tiers support add-on credits at $0.04 per credit.
Overage path
Usage is shared across the IDE, CLI, and web. Enterprise and regional terms differ.

Retail Token Equivalent

Task cost depends on the model, context, and tools used. A credit allowance is not a fixed token count.

PlanPriceAllowanceUnitToken / Overage Notes

Summary checked 2026-09-25.

Free includes limited credits. Pro is $20/user/month, Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100, and Power $200.

  • Paid tiers support add-on credits at $0.04 per credit.
  • Usage is shared across the IDE, CLI, and web. Enterprise and regional terms differ.

Company And Funding

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Ownership
Public
Founded
1994
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Employees
Amazon ~1.5M
Parent company
Amazon
Total raised
Not applicable

Kiro is an AWS product, funded through Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).

Enterprise And Security

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SSO / SCIM
Yes
Deployment
Cloud-only
Trains on your code
Not trained on your code
Zero data retention
Unknown

Compliance

SOCISO 27001

Admin controls

IAM Identity Center SSOCloudTrail audit logs

Kiro is an AWS product and inherits AWS account-based identity and compliance controls.

Product

Providers

AWSAnthropicQwenDeepSeekMiniMaxZ.ai

Model families

AutoClaude SonnetClaude OpusClaude HaikuQwen3 CoderDeepSeekMiniMaxGLM

Capabilities

Spec-driven developmentIDE agentCLI agentKiro WebHooksSteering filesMCPSubagents

Tradeoffs

  • Credit consumption is task/model dependent
  • AWS-hosted model access rather than BYOK