Cursor vs Kiro

Cursor (AI code editor with an integrated coding agent.) and Kiro (AWS's agentic development environment: spec-driven development, parallel agents and property-based tests, credit-metered.) compared side by side: plans and prices, vendor-stated features, platforms and sign-in, with the date each fact was checked. Matches based on official product information.

Based on official vendor pages, linked below
Cursor pricing checked: 2026-10-28
Kiro pricing checked: 2026-10-27

At a glance

Cursor

Anysphere

AI coding tools

What it does: AI code editor with an integrated coding agent.
Strong at: Strong fit for AI-first code editing with weekly refreshing usage pools.
Free plan: Yes
Paid plans from: US$8 / month

Pricing checked 2026-10-28 · Full Cursor record · Official site

Kiro

AWS

AI coding tools

What it does: AWS's agentic development environment: spec-driven development, parallel agents and property-based tests, credit-metered.
Strong at: Strong fit for spec-driven agentic coding with a renewable free credit tier.
Free plan: Yes - ongoing free plan, sign-in required
Paid plans from: US$20 / month

Pricing checked 2026-10-27 · Full Kiro record · Official site

Plans & pricing

Cursor plans & pricing

Checked 2026-10-28. · Vendor pricing page Confirm prices and terms with the vendor before buying.

Free

$0 / month

Limited agent requests and Chat requests

Plus

$8/month ($80/year billed annually)

Cursor's own models at fixed settings; includes Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, Build and Grok API access; no third-party models

Premium

$30/month ($300/year billed annually)

4x Plus usage; third-party models at API list price from prepaid credit

Super

$100/month ($1,000/year billed annually)

15x Plus usage; priority model access at peak times

Ultra

$200/month ($2,000/year billed annually)

50x Plus usage

Teams

$30, $100 or $200 per seat/month

Matches the seat's tier; third-party models at API list price plus the Cursor Token Rate on eligible models

Enterprise

Custom

Pooled usage

Kiro plans & pricing

Checked 2026-10-27. · Vendor pricing page Confirm prices and terms with the vendor before buying.

Free

$0 / month

50 credits; open-weight models + Claude Sonnet 4.5 with limits

Pro

$20/user/month

Pro+

$40/user/month

Pro Max

$100/user/month

Power

$200/user/month

Enterprise

Kiro for enterprise

Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics; billed through AWS; no free tier; GovCloud ~20% higher

Side-by-side facts

	Cursor	Kiro
Free plan	Yes	Yes - ongoing free plan, sign-in required
Paid plans from	US$8 / month	US$20 / month
API	Cloud Agents API/SDKs are documented; Enterprise APIs have admin/analytics scope. Not a standalone model API.	Crew gateway SDK/API is documented. Do not assume this exposes all Kiro IDE features.

What each tool says it does

Cursor - vendor-stated features

Agent workflows
Research

Kiro - vendor-stated features

Spec-driven development
Correctness checks
Predictable pricing

Worth knowing before you choose

Cursor - worth knowing

Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription (one subscription covering Grok, Cursor and X).
Paid plans include a weekly usage pool shared across Grok and Cursor; third-party models are not included and bill separately at API list price from prepaid credit on Premium and above.
Teams is per seat at $30/$100/$200 per month matching the seat's tier.
Annual billing: $80/$300/$1,000/$2,000 per year for Plus/Premium/Super/Ultra.
Legacy plans (Pro, Pro+, Start, Teams Standard/Premium) keep working for existing subscribers.
Model-provider usage is billed separately from the subscription.
Official regions doc: model availability varies by provider region policies (Anthropic/OpenAI/Google supported-region lists govern per model; unavailable models are hidden, others keep working; BYOK possible where the provider serves the region).
Signup: official quickstart requires sign-in after install.
Pricing https://cursor.com/pricing: Free $0; paid tiers $8/$30/$100/$200 per month; third-party model usage billed separately; sold as part of The X Subscription.

Kiro - worth knowing

Free includes 50 credits that reset monthly; sign-in is required.
Plan credits reset monthly and do not roll over. Add-on packs cost USD 5-100 at USD 0.04/credit and expire after 12 months.
Model multipliers affect credit use; Sonnet 4.6 is shown at 1.3x Auto. Enterprise overage is USD 0.04/credit and off by default.
Paid plans are available on the social-login/AWS Builder ID path with a billing address in a supported place. Enterprise billing follows AWS profile regions.
Model availability may differ by region and provider. iOS access is TestFlight early access, not a general App Store release.

Common questions

Is Cursor or Kiro free to use?

Cursor: Yes (checked 2026-10-28). Kiro: Yes - ongoing free plan, sign-in required (checked 2026-10-27).

What do Cursor and Kiro cost?

Cursor's entry paid plan is US$8 / month and Kiro's is US$20 / month, from each vendor's pricing page (2026-10-28 and 2026-10-27 respectively). The tables above list every plan each vendor published.

Which is better, Cursor or Kiro?

It depends on the job. Cursor: Strong fit for AI-first code editing with weekly refreshing usage pools. Kiro: Strong fit for spec-driven agentic coding with a renewable free credit tier. The feature and pricing tables above show where they differ.

Where do these facts come from?

Every fact on this page is read from the vendors' own product and pricing pages, with the checked date shown beside it. Links to both official pages are at the top of each column.

Keep comparing

This comparison is not a recommendation: it sets out what each vendor states on its own pages, with the dates those pages were checked. Prices and features change - confirm with the vendor before buying.