Kiro Vendor announcement
Kiro swaps 500-credit sign-up bonus for $20 first-upgrade credit
Changed (SGT) · AWS · Entry updated
On 8 May 2026, AWS: The first upgrade to any Kiro paid plan (social login or Builder ID) gets $20 credited toward the subscription, '1,000 credits worth of usage, double the previous 500'. New Free sign-ups no longer get 500 bonus credits.
Free stays on Claude Sonnet 4.5, Auto and open-weight models, and is 'rate limited and subject to a weekly quota'.
PlanYield, 'Kiro swaps 500-credit sign-up bonus for $20 first-upgrade credit', updated 31 Oct 2026, https://planyield.dev/changes/2026-05-08-kiro-20-signup-bonus/
Status and sources
PlanYield status: Vendor announcement. Read on kiro.dev 31 Oct 2026. The post is dated 'May 8, 2026' with no time zone, so the SGT date could be 9 May. What the statuses mean.
Source: kiro.dev ↗
Plans this touches
Kiro Free · Kiro Pro · Kiro Pro+ · Kiro Pro Max · Kiro Power
Inferred: the source does not name every plan, so PlanYield chose these.
Current limits: Kiro pricing and limits · All Kiro plans
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