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Kiro vs Claude Code
Live matchup data for Kiro and Claude Code: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d · no OpenRouter feed: Kiro
through Aug 20, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Kiro | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | AWS | Anthropic |
| Homepage | kiro.dev | claude.com |
| GitHub | — | anthropics/claude-code |
| Package | — | @anthropic-ai/claude-code |
| Subscription plans |
snapshot Aug 21, 2026 |
snapshot Aug 21, 2026 |
| Latest plan change | Kiro plans changed: added KIRO FREE, KIRO PRO, KIRO PRO+, KIRO PRO MAX, KIRO POWER, Kiro for enterprise; removed Kiro Free, Kiro Pro, Kiro Pro+, Kiro Pro Max, Kiro Power, Kiro for Enterprise detected Aug 21, 2026 | Claude Code plans changed: Free limits changed; Pro limits changed; Max limits changed; Enterprise price now listed: $20/mo; added Team (Standard seat), Team (Premium seat); removed Team detected Aug 21, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | — | 142,192 |
| Pkg downloads/day | — | 0 |
| Latest release | — | v2.1.238 · 44 h ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kiro | Claude Code | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
no benchmark results tracked yet for this pair — boards ingest daily | |||
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Kiro | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | — | 276 |
| Positive share | — | 18.8% |
| Negative share | — | 19.6% |
| Net sentiment | — | -0.7% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Aug 21, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Kiro more used than Claude Code?
- The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Kiro has no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
- How does Kiro pricing compare to Claude Code?
- Kiro tracked plans: KIRO FREE (free), KIRO PRO ($20.00/mo), KIRO PRO+ ($40.00/mo), KIRO PRO MAX ($100/mo), KIRO POWER ($200/mo), Kiro for enterprise. Claude Code tracked plans: Free (free), Pro ($20.00/mo), Max ($100/mo), Team (Standard seat) ($25.00/mo), Team (Premium seat) ($125/mo), Enterprise ($20.00/mo). Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Kiro and Claude Code score on coding benchmarks?
- No benchmark results are tracked for either yet; public boards are ingested daily and results appear here as they land.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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