# Kiro CLI vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) (slim)

> Kiro CLI and Warp score within a point of each other for agent harnesses, 60.6 and 59.8 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kiro CLI and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.6 (C) and 59.8 (C). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do agent harnesses.

- Kiro CLI: C 60.6, rank #557 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.min.md
- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API): C 59.8, rank #592 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.min.md
- 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 52; Security & auth, 69 against 52; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.
- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API), good for Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 89 against 79; Maintenance & community, 84 against 73. Also Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5.

| Category | Kiro CLI | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 52 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kiro CLI | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Warp |
| Licence | 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 | Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 4.4k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |