Set a cap on overage spend, or pre-pay for it
Ranjith Ramakrishnan
Product
If you use overages in Kiro today, you find out what you spent after you’ve already spent it. A run of heavy usage shows up as a number on next month’s invoice, and by then there’s nothing to do but pay it. Teams have told us they want a ceiling they can control. Individual developers have told us they’d rather pay up front than get a bill they can’t predict.
Starting today if your team signs in to Kiro with AWS Identity Center or an external identity provider, overage caps are now live in the AWS Service Quotas console. Open the Service Quotas console, pick Kiro from the service list, and request a cap increase at the account level. Once the limit is set, it applies to all the subscribed users in the account.
The maximum cap adjusts automatically based on your account’s usage history and standing. Need to go higher than the automatic limit? Request an additional increase through the same console.
This puts the ceiling where your AWS administrators already manage quotas, so there’s no separate place to check and no new permissions model to learn.
If you sign in with GitHub, Google, or AWS Builder ID, and are on a paid plan (Kiro Pro, Pro+, Pro Max, or Power), you can now buy add-on credits to continue using Kiro beyond your plan limits. Go to your account page, purchase a credit pack (starting as low as $5), and draw it down as you work.
Instead of accumulating overages that get billed after the fact, you spend against a balance you can see at any time. When the balance runs low, you decide whether to top up, or wait until your normal subscription credit limits reset. Your invoice doesn’t surprise you because you already paid for the credits.
These controls help most if unpredictable spend is a real risk for you: shared team accounts where any member can drive usage, or solo work where a single month of heavy use would otherwise land as an unexpected charge. If your usage sits comfortably inside your plan, you may never touch either feature. Both updates are available now.