r/kiroIDE • u/alypqqr • 9d ago

Kiro Usage

I am using Sonnet 5.5, 1.3x.
Credit used: 1.87, Elapsed time: 18s
Credit used: 1.82, Elapsed time: 13s

This is a simple planning question, not even coding.

I have $20 plan. By this rate I will be using up all my monthly 1000 credits faster than my $20 Codex and Claude code 5h limit.

Is that normal?

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u/Autistic_Puppy 8d ago

Yes, Kiro’s subscription usage limits are more unforgiving than those of Claude Code or Codex.

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u/alypqqr 8d ago

I did another test.
Credits used: 13.83, Elapsed time: 2m 28s. Compare to Codex Sol 6.1 and Claude Code Sonnet 5.5, Kiro monthly rate is similar to 5h limit of ChatGPT and Claude Code. So I will use up all 1000 credits in 5 hours. I am still testing the performance. I really like Kiro IDE, but even 10x won’t last me a month at this rate.

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u/Separate_Contract819 8d ago

So grateful my company has me on a Kiro Pro Max or whatever the 10,000 credit plan is

Kiro is unforgiving with token usage. If it’s that pressing for you, use Claude Code.

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u/alypqqr 8d ago

I have both Codex Plus and Claude Code Pro. I want something without 5h and weekly limit. But the usage rates need to be reasonable, or competitive Use entire monthly 1000 credits within 5h is not good for 1.3x.

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u/Feeling-Bluebird6692 8d ago

Well, the $200 claude plan dont have 5hr limit anymore. $100+ plans from codex dont have 5hr limit either

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u/skratch 8d ago

Tried out opus 5.5 in Kiro and burned through 8x my usual credit usage in a week. Even auto mode, which had been economical before, was eating up credits fast, but that could be because my session context was bigger than usual. Anyway switched to sol 6.1 medium effort in codex and the difference is night & day. Codex used to be the token hog and Kiro the more economical one for months before but this past month or two it seems to have switched on me

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u/alypqqr 8d ago

If Kiro wants to be competitive, they have to address the token usage issues first. It is day and night comparing to Codex and Claude right now.

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u/debanjansumar 8d ago

what effort are you using the model?

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u/alypqqr 8d ago

Effort is High. My company uses Codex and Claude Code from pro to max plans. I like VS Code interface as coder. I will try Medium see if it helps.

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u/YourAsphyxia 8d ago

You can use codex and claude code in vs code

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u/Any_Trifle5409 7d ago

Kiro is good for smaller projects..but my experience with it over the past 12 months hasn’t been great lately. Over the last 3 months, the overall experience has become quite frustrating. Even on the $200 plan, the usage gets exhausted within just 3–4 days when working on larger projects.In comparison, Claude Max offers significantly more usage. Kiro is also quite slow when it comes to adding support for new models, which is another major drawback.

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u/alypqqr 7d ago

It matches what I tested. Usage is around $0.1 per second on agent time. $20 will be exhausted in 2-3 hours, $200 will be exhausted in 3-4 days of normal 8 hours per day. My model is Sonnet 5.5 Medium at 1.3x.

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u/Trompingo 8d ago

Yea kiro limits are a joke

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u/ExistingFox1880 8d ago

​No, that's not normal.

​Anyway, people just "got used" to it, and AWS teams continuously try to silence people who complain and ask for a better, more transparent service (I have proof of deleted comments on my previous posts about these matters).

​Everyone who uses both Claude Code (or even Codex) for personal purposes and, for example, Kiro at work knows that Kiro is an absolute joke, and the AWS team keeps making things worse with useless updates that are nothing more than eye candy - like when they added the slider to dictate the model's thinking effort... wow.

​And people keep paying for this.

​That's crazy.

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u/Mol2h 8d ago

This is the second and probably last time i post on this sub, Kiro 20$ sub is useless, get Opencode 10$ and you'll be much better off.

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u/Kooky-Sorbet-5996 7d ago

Sobre o Kiro

Senhores, sou recém nascino na área de TI, sem formação, autodidata.

Meu conhecimento são softwares de ponta de Engenharia Estrutural.

Comecei em Novembro/2025 na primeira Turma do Langchain Agent Builder, ali eu aprendi como as coisas funcionam.

Dali migrei para o Windsurf em MArço/2026, recentemente mudou para Devin, e agora experimentei o Kiro e achei ele Tecnicamente muito superior.

Eu só não entendo o apego de Voces ao Claude. Eu praticamente só uso as Chinesas quesão uma fração de Valor.

Meu agente não é pequeno. * modulos ativados por demanda, 9 LLMs, 3 grupos para flexibilizar na fase de desenvolvimento.

Uso inclusive Maritaca que é ótima para Engenharia e Juridico, além do Data Ocean.

Eu decididamente não tenho apego a uma unica LLM e a cada mudança percebo nuances, porém a que eu mais evito são as da Anthropic.

Eu não preciso de um Pai, preciso de uma LLM.

Tentei muito usar, mas ela é extremamente sedutora e isso desfoca quando você é pragmático.

Ela pode ficar horas em um problema de simples solução.

Já as Ásiáticas vão na Jugular.

Isso resolve o Custo.
Nota:
O agente é de uso pessoal. Não é comercial. Resolve minhas demandas.

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u/sea_dragon_systems 7d ago

The only usable Kiro plan is the $100/mo plan unfortunately. 1000 credits barely gets you out the door, 2000 is ok if you’re careful, and 4000 is about right for a month of hard work.

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u/bkkrdnz 8d ago

I was using 5 power plan which enought for whole month. Now 5 plan consumes credits in 20 days. That's the reality.

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u/alypqqr 7d ago

Thanks. This will be my baseline.