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Best Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) Alternatives with Free Tiers (2026)

3 free alternatives in Startup Perks. Sorted by pricing stability.

Current Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) Situation

Risk Level: source unconfirmed
Why: Restricted to startup (AWS Startups — Kiro Pro+) applicants — not generally available. We do not rate an offer we do not list. We are not publishing a stability judgement for it until that is fixed.
Category: Startup Perks
Pricing Page: kiro.dev/startups/

Recent Pricing Changes (2)

reduced effective 2026-04-07 medium impact
Kiro reopened its startup credits with smaller tiers and a lower funding ceiling. Its post of 2026-04-07 offers up to one year of Kiro Pro+ to "early-stage to Series A" startups in tiers of up to 2, 10 and 30 users, and says "Startups who currently participate in AWS Activate are not eligible". The 2025 offer covered startups up to Series B in tiers of up to 2, 50 and 100 users; Kiro had closed its applications in December 2025 "due to high demand". Source ↗
new effective 2025-11-17 medium impact
Kiro launched startup credits: up to one year of Kiro Pro+ for startups between "we have an idea and some funding" and Series B VC-backed, in three tiers of up to 2, 50 and 100 users, for applications until 2025-12-31. Kiro announced it on its blog on 2025-11-17. Source ↗

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Recommended Migration Targets

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Cursor caution 2026-10-12 restructured recommended
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AI code editor built on VS Code. Since 2026-10-12, Cursor's pricing docs (cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) say: "Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor, and X."
AI Coding Read 2026-11-06 · confirmed 2026-10-03
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GitHub Copilot caution 2026-06-24 restricted recommended
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AI coding assistant by GitHub. Copilot Free is $0 with no credit card: 2,000 code completions a month, a limited monthly allowance of GitHub AI Credits for chat and agent features, and models through auto model selection only.
AI Coding Read 2026-10-31 · catalogue date 2026-07-10
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−1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-31, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor.
Windsurf recommended
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Windsurf is now Devin Desktop ("Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf."), Cognition's AI IDE. windsurf.com/pricing redirects to devin.ai/pricing, which prices it together with Devin.
AI Coding Read 2026-11-05 · catalogue date 2026-06-25
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−1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 12 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-05 — the page never names Windsurf, on a domain that carries its name), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor.

All Free Alternatives (3)

1 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 2 are demoted with the reason named, and 0 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.

Cursor caution 2026-10-12 restructured
Free
AI code editor built on VS Code. Since 2026-10-12, Cursor's pricing docs (cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) say: "Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor, and X."
AI Coding Read 2026-11-06 · confirmed 2026-10-03
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GitHub Copilot caution 2026-06-24 restricted
Free
AI coding assistant by GitHub. Copilot Free is $0 with no credit card: 2,000 code completions a month, a limited monthly allowance of GitHub AI Credits for chat and agent features, and models through auto model selection only.
AI Coding Read 2026-10-31 · catalogue date 2026-07-10
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−1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-31, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor.
Windsurf
Free
Windsurf is now Devin Desktop ("Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf."), Cognition's AI IDE. windsurf.com/pricing redirects to devin.ai/pricing, which prices it together with Devin.
AI Coding Read 2026-11-05 · catalogue date 2026-06-25
Profile
−1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 12 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-05 — the page never names Windsurf, on a domain that carries its name), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best free alternatives to Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups)?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 3 free alternatives to Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups), each listed below with its tier, category and the read and catalogue dates we hold. Of those, 1 carries no recorded demerit, 2 are demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups)'s free tier still available?
Restricted to startup (AWS Startups — Kiro Pro+) applicants — not generally available. We do not rate an offer we do not list. No. What Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) offers is a credit grant that runs out (Startup Credits), and we are not publishing a stability judgement over it.
How many free alternatives to Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) exist?
There are 3 free alternatives to Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) tracked on AgentDeals across the Startup Perks, AI Coding categories.
Has Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) changed their pricing?
Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups) has 2 recorded pricing changes. The most recent was on 2026-04-07: Kiro reopened its startup credits with smaller tiers and a lower funding ceiling. Its post of 2026-04-07 offers up to one year of Kiro Pro+ to "early-stage to Series A" startups in tiers of up to 2, 10 and 30 users, and says "Startups who currently participate in AWS Activate are not eligible". The 2025 offer covered startups up to Series B in tiers of up to 2, 50 and 100 users; Kiro had closed its applications in December 2025 "due to high demand". Source: https://kiro.dev/blog/bringing-back-startup-credits/