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Best Kiro alternatives

Kiro is Amazon’s agentic IDE/CLI emphasizing specs, steering, hooks, and MCP integrations for production-minded workflows.

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Tool details

Basics

Attribute	Details
Released	2025
Company	Amazon (AWS)
Country	United States
Region / Availability	Global (AWS availability，third-party models are restricted based on their regional availability.)

Pricing

Attribute	Details
Model	`freemium`
Free tier	Yes
Starts at	$20/mo
Plan 1	Free: Free
Plan 2	Pro: $20/mo
Plan 3	Pro+: $40/mo
Plan 4	Pro Max: $100/mo
Plan 5	Power: $200/mo

Feature checklist

Feature	Details
Visual IDE UI	✓
OS Platforms	macOS / Windows / Linux / Mobile
Third-party Models	✓
MCP / Plugins	✓
Skills Support	✓
VS Code Extension	✗
JetBrains Plugin	✗
AI Autocomplete	✓
Chat / Inline Agent	✓
Multi-file Edit	✓
Codebase Indexing	✓
Terminal Integration	✓
Local LLM Support	✓
Open Source	✗ (Only kiro-cli is open source; other core code is not)
Team Collaboration	✓
Privacy Mode	✓
VS Code Compatible	✓
Autonomous Agent	✓
Git Integration	✓
Use Case	Spec-driven agentic IDE/CLI for structured AWS-oriented development

Pros & cons

Pros

Spec-driven workflow before coding
First-class MCP + hooks / steering
IDE + CLI coverage from AWS

Cons

Newer product; polish still catching up
Highly engineered, difficult for beginners to get started
AWS-centric positioning may not fit every stack
JetBrains support is via ACP, not a native plugin

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