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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
Free, from $10/mo
Kiro vs Tabby
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
K
Choose Kiro if…
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
T
Choose Tabby if…
- you want the lower entry price ($19/mo vs $20/mo)
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted, VS Code, JetBrains
- you're in its core audience: software developers, small development teams
Side by side
Feature Kiro Tabby
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo$19/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Updates, last 90 days9—
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
Local / self-hosted models—
MCP support—
PlatformsWebSelf-hosted, VS Code, JetBrains, Web
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAWSTabbyML, Inc.
Based in——
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
K Kiro
- Turns prompts into requirements, designs and task lists
- Parallel agents running locally or in the cloud
- Property-based tests to catch edge cases
- Checks requirements for contradictions and gaps
- Headless CLI for PR reviews in CI/CD
- Agent hooks that run tasks on triggers
- Model choice: Claude, GPT-5.6, open-weight or Auto
- Supports MCP, AGENTS.md and Agent Client Protocol
T Tabby
- Context-aware code completion in the IDE
- Answer Engine for coding questions with cited sources
- Inline chat inside the code editor
- Context providers connecting docs and data sources
- Self-hosting on consumer-grade GPUs
- No external database or cloud service required
- Pochi agent for planning and executing tasks
- SSO, usage analytics and telemetry policies on Enterprise
Plans and prices
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Kiro
Kiro Free$0
Kiro Pro$20
Kiro Pro+$40
Kiro Pro Max$100
Kiro Power$200
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby
CommunityFree
Team$19/mo per seat
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby Cloud (Pochi)Usage-based
Strengths and limitations
Kiro
- Free plan with 50 credits per month
- No daily or weekly rate limits on paid plans
- Choice of many models, plus an Auto mode
- IDE supports Open VSX extensions and VS Code settings
- Unused monthly credits do not roll over
- Each team member needs their own subscription
- Use through third-party automation harnesses is not permitted
- Not all premium models are available in all regions
Tabby
- Open source and self-hostable
- Free Community plan for up to 5 users
- Supports VS Code, Neovim, Eclipse and many JetBrains IDEs
- Tab Completion on Tabby Cloud is free with no usage limits
- Free plan is limited to 5 users
- SSO and telemetry policy controls require the Enterprise plan
- Enterprise pricing is only available by contacting sales
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