Kiro Free: price, limits and reset rules
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Short answer (as of 31 Oct 2026): Kiro Free is $0 per month. Published limits: 50 credits/mo; Auto (Sonnet-class or better), Claude Sonnet 4.5, and open-weight models (DeepSeek 3.2, MiniMax M2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 Coder Next). Reset rule: Monthly; once the credits run out, wait for next month's reset. Overage: None: add-on credits cannot be bought on Free.
Checked on kiro.dev on 31 Oct 2026. PlanYield has no moderated community reports for this plan yet; they will appear here as they come in.
PlanYield, 'Kiro Free', updated 31 Oct 2026, https://planyield.dev/plans/kiro-free/
- Limits
- 50 credits/mo; Auto (Sonnet-class or better), Claude Sonnet 4.5, and open-weight models (DeepSeek 3.2, MiniMax M2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 Coder Next)
- How limits reset
- Weekly: Kiro Free weekly quotaMonthly: Kiro monthly creditsCredits: Kiro credits
Monthly; once the credits run out, wait for next month's reset; also rate-limited with a weekly quota (size not published)
- Overage
- None: add-on credits cannot be bought on Free
- Source
- kiro.
dev ↗ checked Verified The weekly quota is from Kiro's 8 May 2026 blog ('rate limited and subject to a weekly quota'). The docs table still marks Claude Sonnet 4.0 as free, but the same docs give it an end of life of 14 Oct 2026, so it is left out.
Who it’s for, and the next tier
- The free Kiro tier. Published limits: 50 credits/mo.
- Next tier up: Kiro Pro is $20 a month, $20 more than this plan.
Differences, ratios and per-unit prices are PlanYield arithmetic from the published prices. They are not measured usage.
Other AWS tiers: Kiro Pro (higher tier), Kiro Pro+ (higher tier), Kiro Pro Max (higher tier), Kiro Power (higher tier)
Kiro pricing and limits · Kiro plans · How to check your usage · Report usage of Kiro Free · How verification works
Comparisons: None yet.
Community reports
The published limits are above. Numbers from people using the plan (hours before a limit, tasks per week) will appear here once at least 5 moderated reports exist.
Change history
Kiro swaps 500-credit sign-up bonus for $20 first-upgrade credit
8 May 2026: 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'.
Vendor announcement kiro.dev ↗
Other AWS changes that do not name this plan: 1 Jul Kiro swaps overage for prepaid add-on credits · 11 Jun Kiro adds Pro Max at $100 for 5,000 credits
FAQ
How much does Kiro Free cost?
As of 31 Oct 2026, Kiro Free is $0 per month. Source: kiro.dev, checked 31 Oct 2026. Status: Verified. The weekly quota is from Kiro's 8 May 2026 blog ('rate limited and subject to a weekly quota'). The docs table still marks Claude Sonnet 4.0 as free, but the same docs give it an end of life of 14 Oct 2026, so it is left out.
What limits does Kiro Free publish?
As of 31 Oct 2026, the published limits are: 50 credits/mo; Auto (Sonnet-class or better), Claude Sonnet 4.5, and open-weight models (DeepSeek 3.2, MiniMax M2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 Coder Next). Source: kiro.dev, checked 31 Oct 2026. Status: Verified. The weekly quota is from Kiro's 8 May 2026 blog ('rate limited and subject to a weekly quota'). The docs table still marks Claude Sonnet 4.0 as free, but the same docs give it an end of life of 14 Oct 2026, so it is left out.
What happens when you hit the Kiro Free limit?
The published overage term is: None: add-on credits cannot be bought on Free. Source: kiro.dev, checked 31 Oct 2026. Status: Verified. The weekly quota is from Kiro's 8 May 2026 blog ('rate limited and subject to a weekly quota'). The docs table still marks Claude Sonnet 4.0 as free, but the same docs give it an end of life of 14 Oct 2026, so it is left out. PlanYield has no moderated reports of real overage spend yet.