Kiro

by Amazon (AWS)

Spec-driven agentic coding IDE

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Pricing

Free tier

Difficulty

intermediate

Time to Start

30 min

Privacy

high

Free Tier

Free during preview/beta period; full features accessible

Limits: Beta: generous limits; expected to have tiered pricing at GA

When to upgrade: GA launch pricing; enterprise features; custom integrations

Use Cases

Spec-driven development; requirements-to-code; AWS-integrated coding; structured AI development

Technical Details

Type: desktop

Offline: No

API: No

Languages: All major programming languages

Integrations: AWS services, GitHub, spec-driven development, MCP support

Ideal For

AWS developersspec-driven development teamsenterprise engineers

Supported Content

Codespecificationsdocumentation

Output Formats

Code filesspec documentsproject structure

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