Head-to-head · Nov 2025 – Nov 2026

Antigravity vs Kiro: where developers land.

339 opinions. No direct preference recorded yet. Approval is 45% vs 59%.

339 opinions289 developersNov 2025 – Nov 2026Methodology
Antigravity
45%
301 opinions · 259 developers
90 days: 42%
VS
Kiro
59%
38 opinions · 30 developers
90 days: –
Our call

If you want speed, choose Antigravity. If you want UX, choose Kiro. The direct preference is not clear yet; use the decision cards below.

Choose Antigravity if you…

  • Want the larger evidence base, 301 opinions from 259 authors
  • Care about speed and code quality, which both skew positive
  • Already use Gemini CLI and want a Google-backed option

Choose Kiro if you…

  • Value UX, rated 8 positive to 3 negative
  • Want autonomy, rated 4 positive to 0 negative
  • Accept a small sample of 38 opinions
Where each wins

Speed for Antigravity. UX for Kiro.

Net sentiment per topic: praise minus complaints, as a share of mentions. Positive means more praise than complaints. Hover a dot for the raw counts.

AntigravityKiro
TopicMore complaints ← → More praiseNet
UX 40 / 11 mentions
−45 / +45
Reliability 73 / 6 mentions
−56 / −33
Cost & pricing 37 / 4 mentions
−8 / +50
Code quality 23 / 5 mentions
+30 / −20
Autonomy 20 / 4 mentions
−10 / +100
−100−500+50+100

Net sentiment = praise minus complaints, as a share of each tool's mentions. The dot lanes are only for readability; position is the score.

View data table
TopicAntigravityKiroMentions
UX-45+4540 / 11
Reliability-56-3373 / 6
Cost & pricing-8+5037 / 4
Code quality+30-2023 / 5
Autonomy-10+10020 / 4
Why developers switched

The same decision, from both sides.

Paraphrased from comments where a developer named a preference or described a switch. Each links to the original.

Picked Antigravity 0 developers

No explicit switches recorded.

Picked Kiro 0 developers

No explicit switches recorded.

Side by side

The numbers.

MetricAntigravityKiro
Approval45%59%
Last 90 days42%–
Opinions30138
Developers25930
First-hand opinions23826
Direct picks00
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How to read this comparison.

Approval is the positive share of opinions that took a side, with the rank based on the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval. Direct picks count comments where a developer explicitly preferred one tool or described switching. Small samples are noisier; check the opinion counts.

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