IBM Bob vs. Kiro CLI

Feature	IBM Bob	Kiro CLI

Tagline	Your AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner from IBM	AI coding agent by Amazon
Website	https://bob.ibm.com	https://kiro.dev/cli
Language	javascript	rust
Release Date	September 2, 2025	November 17, 2025
Last Updated	May 20, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Bob IDE
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	Not disclosed
Supported Models	Multi-provider (IBM-managed)	Frontier and open weight models with auto routing: Opus / Sonnet 4.6, MiniMax 2.5, DeepSeek 3.2, Qwen3.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $20-200/mo	Free / $0-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/IBM/ibm-bob	N/A
Development State	active	active