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Devin vs. Kiro

At a glance

At a glance

Devin

Best for

Best for engineering teams that want to delegate backlog tickets, bug fixes and migrations to an agent that runs them end to end in the cloud.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Kiro

Best for

Best for teams that want AI to plan work as specifications before writing code.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Devin Kiro
Starting price Free tier; Pro $20 / month Pro is for a single developer, with daily and weekly usage quotas plus pay-as-you-go credits. Max $200 per month, Teams from $80 per month ($40 per full seat). Enterprise is billed by consumption in Agent Compute Units. Free tier; Pro $20 / user / month Credit-based. Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100 and Power $200 per user per month.
Free trial Free tier Free tier (50 credits)
Commercial use Yes Yes
Output Autonomous coding, from ticket to pull request Specs, code, documentation and tests from prompts
API Yes, the Devin API CLI available
Where it runs Cloud web app, CLI, Slack and Microsoft Teams, plus an embedded editor (Devin Desktop, the former Windsurf IDE) Desktop IDE for macOS, Windows and Linux (based on Code OSS), plus a CLI, browser sessions in sandboxes and a mobile app
Inline completions No, Devin works asynchronously as an agent rather than as an inline autocomplete Not in the editor: the IDE documentation lists syntax highlighting, error indicators, folding, tabs and split view, and code is written through agentic chat and specs rather than as-you-type suggestions. Ghost-text inline suggestions and a command dropdown do exist in the Kiro CLI, for terminal commands such as git, npm, docker and aws, switched with kiro-cli inline enable
Agent mode Yes, an autonomous agent that plans, writes, runs and tests code in its own cloud environment and opens pull requests Yes, spec-driven: turns prompts into specs, then code, documentation and tests
Model choice Yes, models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Cognition plus open-source options, set with a --model flag, a /model command mid-session or a config file; the Adaptive router can pick per task instead Yes, Anthropic Claude, open-weight models, or Auto model routing
Data control SOC 2 Type II, encrypted in transit and at rest; paid plans can opt out of training, which also switches on zero data retention, and enterprise agreements exclude training without written consent. Devin Outposts runs sessions on your own infrastructure Enterprise content is not used for service improvement and is opted out of telemetry by default; free and individual users can switch off usage analytics and content collection in settings. TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, AWS KMS at rest, with customer-managed keys and a chosen storage region for enterprise
Ecosystem fit Integrates with GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack and Microsoft Teams AWS-built; supports MCP, Agent Client Protocol and Skills.md; imports VS Code settings and Open VSX plugins
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Not stated Email helpdesk, Community forum
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations more entries GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams Figma, Terraform, Datadog, Stripe

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Devin Free tier; Pro $20 / month Kiro Free tier; Pro $20 / user / month
  • Free trial Devin Free tier Kiro Free tier (50 credits)
  • Output Devin Autonomous coding, from ticket to pull request Kiro Specs, code, documentation and tests from prompts
  • API Devin Yes, the Devin API Kiro CLI available
  • Where it runs Devin Cloud web app, CLI, Slack and Microsoft Teams, plus an embedded editor (Devin Desktop, the former Windsurf IDE) Kiro Desktop IDE for macOS, Windows and Linux (based on Code OSS), plus a CLI, browser sessions in sandboxes and a mobile app

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Devin

Strengths

  • Works asynchronously in the cloud, so it can run tasks without occupying your editor
  • Takes whole tickets end to end, from Linear or Jira through to a pull request
  • Reachable from Slack, Teams, a CLI, a web app and an API, not only an IDE

Limitations

  • Consumption-based ACU billing makes heavy use harder to predict than a flat seat price
  • Aimed at delegable, self-contained tasks rather than interactive pair programming

Kiro

Strengths

  • Spec-driven flow documents requirements before coding
  • Based on Code OSS, imports VS Code settings and Open VSX plugins
  • Model choice including Claude, open-weight models and Auto routing

Limitations

  • Credit-based usage on every tier
  • Newer product with a smaller ecosystem than established IDEs

Plans

Pricing

Devin

  • Free $0 Limited usage; Devin Review and DeepWiki access for individual trial users.
  • Pro $20 Per month. Single developer, daily and weekly usage quotas plus pay-as-you-go credits.
  • Max $200 Per month. Larger weekly quota with no daily cap.
  • Teams $80 Per month minimum. Unlimited members; $40 per full seat, free flex seats draw from shared credits.
  • Enterprise Custom Billed by consumption in Agent Compute Units (ACUs).
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Kiro

  • Free $0 50 credits per month.
  • Pro $20 Per user per month. 1,000 credits.
  • Pro+ $40 Per user per month. 2,000 credits.
  • Pro Max $100 Per user per month. 5,000 credits.
  • Power $200 Per user per month. 10,000 credits.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Devin

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Kiro

Ease of use
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User interface
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Onboarding
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Support and service
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Value for money
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Devin https://devin.ai · no check date recorded yet

Kiro https://kiro.dev · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.