# Claude Code vs Kiro CLI (slim)

> Claude Code scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against Kiro CLI's 59.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kiro CLI leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against Kiro CLI's 59.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kiro CLI leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent harness.

- Claude Code: C 61.9, rank #354 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Kiro CLI: C 59.9, rank #419 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.min.md
- Claude Code, good for A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 87 against 67; Security & auth, 80 against 66; Maintenance & community, 82 against 73; Transparency & trust, 81 against 67.
- Kiro CLI, good for Teams on AWS that want one agent configuration across terminal, IDE and web, with central permission policy, prompt logging to their own S3 bucket and IAM Identity Centre sign-in. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 50; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Claude Code | Kiro CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Code | Kiro CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Amazon Web Services |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source | Proprietary. Licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence (https://kiro.dev/license/). The GitHub repository is the public issue tracker and doesn't hold the source |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-18 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 141k stars | 4.4k stars |