Cursor vs Kiro

Side-by-side comparison of Cursor and Kiro: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Cursor AI-first code editor built on VS Code — full codebase context, not just the open file. Visit	Kiro Move beyond AI coding to agentic engineering Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 20/mo	USD 20/mo
Free tier
Audience	Technical	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Anthropic / OpenAI	Multiple: Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT), DeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM, Qwen (open-weight)
Founded	2022
Headquarters	San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·codebase-wide context ·Composer multi-file edits ·Ctrl+K inline AI ·@mentions for files	·Spec-driven development (prompts → requirements → architecture → tasks) ·Parallel agentic implementation (local and cloud) ·Property-based testing to catch edge cases missed by unit tests ·Automated reasoning to check requirements for contradictions and gaps