- Entry price
- $20/mo
- Free tier
- Yes
- Logged activity · 90d
- 79/100
Desktop editor vs desktop editor
- Entry price
- $10/mo
- Free tier
- Yes
- Logged activity · 90d
- 30/100
Kiro vs Zed
At a glance
Verified values · no winner is picked| Dimension | Kiro | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $20/mo | $10/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not yet verified | Yes |
| Self-hosting | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Enterprise (SSO + offering) | Yes | No |
Where they differ
3kiro.dev
kiro.dev/pricing: "Pro ($20/month), Pro+ ($40/month), Pro Max ($100/month), to Power ($200/month)"; "Add-on credits ($0.04/credit)".
https://kiro.dev/pricing/ ↗zed.dev
zed.dev/pricing: Pro "$10 per month", "$5 of tokens included", "Usage-based billing beyond $5"; Business "$30 per seat, per month".
https://zed.dev/pricing ↗kiro.dev
kiro.dev/pricing, Kiro for enterprise: "Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics, and enterprise security controls."
https://kiro.dev/pricing/ ↗zed.dev
zed.dev/pricing FAQ: "SSO, SAML, and SCIM are planned but not currently available."
https://zed.dev/pricing ↗kiro.dev
kiro.dev/pricing: "Kiro for enterprise — Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics, and enterprise security controls. Contact sales".
https://kiro.dev/pricing/ ↗zed.dev
zed.dev/pricing: Business adds "org-wide controls over AI features, data sharing policies, and unified billing across every seat"; "Order form contracts are available at 25+ seats".
https://zed.dev/pricing ↗Pricing face-off
USD list price · monthly billingNot yet verified for one or both
1References
Links — shown, never counted as differenceskiro.dev
Kiro's documentation, linked from kiro.dev.
https://kiro.dev/docs/ ↗zed.dev
Zed's documentation, linked as Docs from zed.dev.
https://zed.dev/docs ↗kiro.dev
Kiro's changelog, linked from kiro.dev.
https://kiro.dev/changelog/ ↗zed.dev
Zed's stable release notes, linked as the changelog from zed.dev/download.
https://zed.dev/releases/stable ↗zed.dev
zed.dev "Clone source" links to github.com/zed-industries/zed.
https://zed.dev ↗Recent record
Each side’s own record · not a score| Reading | Kiro | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Verified changes | 3 in 30 days · 5 in 90 days · AI code editors median 2 | 0 in 30 days · 2 in 90 days · AI code editors median 2 |
| Last verified change | 27 Oct 2026 · 10 days ago | 30 Sept 2026 · 37 days ago |
| Activity · 90 days | 79 · above the AI code editors median of 64 | 30 · below the AI code editors median of 64 |
| Latest list-price move | None observed | Pro: $20 → $10/mo, billed monthly · 2 Oct 2025 |
| Pricing on record | 5 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $20 | 3 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $10 |
| Comparable facts | 6 of 7 verified | 6 of 7 verified |
Kiro · latest 3
- Plans
Kiro replaces its upgrade discount with a free first month and 500 trial credits
From November 1, a first upgrade from the free tier gets the rest of that month on Pro free plus 500 trial credits valid for 12 months, and plan fees and credits become prorated; the previous $20 discount ends.
kiro.dev
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 27 Oct 2026Kiro — bloghttps://kiro.dev/blog/kiros-new-free-trial-gives-you-500-extra-credits/ ↗ - Release
Kiro adds memory across sessions in the IDE and CLI
Kiro IDE 1.4.0 and Kiro CLI 2.29.0 add memory that carries preferences, conventions and corrections between sessions; it is off by default.
kiro.dev
- Availability
Kiro comes into scope for FedRAMP Class C
Kiro is in scope for FedRAMP Class C in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) Region, opening it to US government workloads with those requirements.
kiro.dev
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 12 Oct 2026Kiro — changeloghttps://kiro.dev/changelog/general/kiro-is-now-in-scope-for-fedramp-class-c/ ↗
Zed · latest 3
- Release
Zed 1.22 adds model choice for subagents and BYOK for GPT-6.1 Sol
This week's release adds BYOK support for GPT-6.1 Sol, on-the-fly model selection for new subagents, and automatic subagent compaction.
zed.dev
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 30 Sept 2026Zed — stable release noteshttps://zed.dev/releases/stable/1.22.0 ↗ - Release
Zed 1.21 adds BYOK for Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 models
Adds BYOK support for Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna, a language server command picker, and a setting that keeps the system awake during long agent turns.
zed.dev
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Sept 2026Zed — stable release noteshttps://zed.dev/releases/stable/1.21.0 ↗ - Plans
Zed launches Zed for Business at $30 per seat
Zed introduced a business plan with org-wide privacy controls and admin controls, generally available at $30 per seat per month.
zed.dev