But initial feedback from developers prompted AWS to review its pricing plans for Kiro, with developers concerned about how the service counts different interactions and tasks completed, and how it accounts for specifications when using different models, the company wrote on the pricing page on the Kiro website. This now says that, while Kiro remains free within “reasonable limits” during the preview period, “updated pricing details for different tiers will be shared soon,” and encourages users to “continue providing feedback.”
Users seek predictable pricing
The changes have not gone down well with developers, with some taking to social media platform Reddit to call for the usage limits’ removal or to vent their frustration about how they are “killing the workflow.”
Others, tempted away from Anysphere’s rival agentic IDE, Cursor, after price changes there found themselves facing renewed price uncertainty with Kiro.
