Kiro
Spec-driven agentic IDE from AWS.
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Kiro vs Claude Code
Kiro (AWS) and Claude Code (Anthropic) both sit in Coding. Kiro is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $19/mo. Claude Code shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Kiro AWS | Claude Code Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | Preview | stable |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $19/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | Claude Pro (Includes Claude Code) $20 · Claude Team (Includes Claude Code) $25 |
| Model stack | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 |
| Context window | — | 200k |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 17 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Spec files, Agent hooks, MCP | Terminal agent, Repo-wide edits, Subagents, MCP servers, Hooks, Background tasks, Agentic coding CLI, VS Code extension |
Claude Code
A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.
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