Warp vs Kiro
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Terminal with a built-in coding agent, an agent CLI for other terminals, and cloud agents billed in dollars of usage
AWS agentic IDE and CLI built around specs, steering files and hooks, metered in monthly credits
- Free access
- Warp: Free access
- Kiro: Free access
- Paid from
- Warp: USD 20 per month
- Kiro: USD 20 per user per month
- Plans listed
- Warp: 5
- Kiro: 6
- Public API
- Warp: Yes
- Kiro: Not confirmed
Where Warp and Kiro differ
- Open sourceOnly Warp is open source.
- PlansWarp lists 5 plans and Kiro lists 6.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Warp | Fact | Kiro |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| USD 20 per monthBuild · or $18/month billed annually | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 20 per user per monthPro |
| Free $0 (pay-as-you-go agent usage or own API key); Build $20/month; Max $200/month; Business $50/user/month; Enterprise custom | Pricing model | Free (50 credits/month); Pro $20, Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100, Power $200 per user per month; add-on credits $0.04 |
| 5 | Plans listedDiffers | 6 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Yes | Open sourceDiffers | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Developers who work in the terminal and want an agent there, paid per use or through their own API key | Built for | Developers who want spec-driven agent work in a VS Code-style IDE with a fixed monthly credit cap |
| Coding | CategorySame | Coding |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Warp
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- BuildUSD 20 per monthor $18 per month billed annually
- MaxUSD 200 per monthor $180 per month billed annually
- BusinessUSD 50 per user per monthor $45 billed annually
- EnterpriseCustom pricing
Kiro
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- ProUSD 20 per user per month
- Pro+USD 40 per user per month
- Pro MaxUSD 100 per user per month
- PowerUSD 200 per user per month
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Strengths and limits
Warp
Strengths
- Free terminal: The terminal and Agent CLI need no subscription; ordinary shell commands never use agent usage.
- Open source client: Warp's client source is public under AGPL v3, and the docs publish the full list of telemetry events.
- Own key on Free: Individuals and companies of 10 or fewer employees can bring an OpenAI, Anthropic or Google key on every plan, including Free.
Limits to plan around
- No bundled agent usage on Free: Free-plan purchases carry a premium: $12 buys $10 of usage.
- Billing unit in transition: Self-serve accounts moved from credits to dollars, and the pricing page still mixes both.
- Included usage expires monthly: Unused included usage does not roll over, even on annual plans.
Kiro
Strengths
- Published credit sizes: Each plan states its monthly credits, and the docs list a multiplier for every model, so a month can be sized before paying.
- Hard cap by default: If you buy no add-on credits, usage pauses at the plan limit instead of running up an overage bill.
- Structured planning files: Specs leave requirements, design and tasks as files in the repository that you can review and keep.
Limits to plan around
- Content used by default: Free and individual paid users' prompts, code and responses may be used for service improvement unless they opt out.
- Free has no top-up: Free cannot buy add-on credits; when its 50 credits run out, you wait for next month or upgrade.
- Credits do not roll over: Unused plan credits reset at the start of each calendar month; only purchased add-ons last 12 months.
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