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Factory vs. Kiro

At a glance

At a glance

Factory

Best for

Best for engineering teams that want autonomous coding agents across the desktop, CLI and an SDK, with enterprise controls.

  • 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 Factory Kiro
Starting price From $20 / month Pro $20, Plus $100, Max $200 per month. Business and Enterprise are custom. No free tier. Free tier; Pro $20 / user / month Credit-based. Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100 and Power $200 per user per month.
Free trial Not stated Free tier (50 credits)
Commercial use Yes Yes
Output Autonomous multi-step software development with agents (Droids) Specs, code, documentation and tests from prompts
API SDK CLI available
Hosting Cloud, with on-premise deployment on Enterprise Not stated
Where it runs A desktop app, a CLI and an SDK, plus a web app, with cloud and local background agents Desktop IDE for macOS, Windows and Linux (based on Code OSS), plus a CLI, browser sessions in sandboxes and a mobile app
Inline completions Agent-native rather than an inline autocomplete tool 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, autonomous Droids for multi-step engineering tasks, cloud or local Yes, spec-driven: turns prompts into specs, then code, documentation and tests
Model choice Yes, admin-configurable model selection Yes, Anthropic Claude, open-weight models, or Auto model routing
Data control Zero data retention, SSO with SAML and SCIM, audit logging, plus on-premise and customer-managed encryption on Enterprise 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 Desktop, CLI and SDK, with managed cloud computers for remote agents on higher tiers AWS-built; supports MCP, Agent Client Protocol and Skills.md; imports VS Code settings and Open VSX plugins
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), On-premise Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Not stated Email helpdesk, Community forum
Onboarding more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Not stated Figma, Terraform, Datadog, Stripe

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Factory From $20 / month Kiro Free tier; Pro $20 / user / month
  • Deployment Factory Cloud (SaaS), On-premise Kiro Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
  • Company size Factory Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Kiro Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Output Factory Autonomous multi-step software development with agents (Droids) Kiro Specs, code, documentation and tests from prompts
  • API Factory SDK Kiro CLI available

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Factory

Strengths

  • Autonomous agents across desktop, CLI and an SDK
  • Enterprise controls: SSO, zero data retention, on-premise option
  • Cloud and local background agents

Limitations

  • No free tier
  • Aimed at teams rather than individual developers

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

Factory

  • Pro $20 Per month. Desktop, CLI and SDK, with cloud and local agents.
  • Plus $100 Per month. Around 5x Pro usage, plus managed cloud computers.
  • Max $200 Per month. Around 10x Pro usage and early access.
  • Business Not stated Custom. Up to 150 seats, SSO, SAML and SCIM, zero data retention.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom. Unlimited seats, on-premise, dedicated support.
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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

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Factory

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Kiro

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

Where this comes from

Factory https://factory.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.