AWS PRICING FOR KIRO DEV TOOL DUBBED 'A WALLET-WRECKING TRAGEDY'

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AWS changed Kiro's pricing from reasonable plans to a split request model with "vibe" at $0.04 and "spec" at $0.20. Developers report monthly costs of $550-$1,950, far above the promised 1,000 interactions for $19. The free tier offers only 50 vibe requests, with no spec requests, requiring immediate payment for actual code execution. Open-source developers use 4-6 requests per action, making Kiro more expensive than AWS's Amazon Q ($40 for 3,000 requests) or competitors with unlimited plans.