Amp

Amp is a coding agent and development environment from Amp Frontier Corporation, which spun out of Sourcegraph as an independent company in December 2025. Each thread can run in an orb, a cloud machine that Amp sets up with the project's code, tools and plugins, so the agent keeps working after the developer closes the laptop. Developers start and follow threads on the web with no install, in the macOS and iOS apps, or in the terminal through the Amp CLI, whose execute mode also runs Amp from scripts and CI. Amp is multi-model. The Dial offers four modes, low, medium, high and ultra, each pairing a main model with an oracle, and in September 2026 they ran on models including GPT-5.6, GPT-6 and Claude Fable 5.1 alongside a fast GLM model, with the models behind each mode open to customization. Specialist subagents handle code search and other focused jobs. Amp connects to GitHub through a GitHub App that clones private repositories, pushes branches, opens pull requests and reads CI status, works in Slack through its Puck assistant, acts as an MCP client for local and remote MCP servers, and extends through plugins, skills and TypeScript and Python SDKs. Developers can also run agents on their own computers with runners instead of orbs. Pricing is in US dollars. The Hobby tier is free, includes every product feature, and lets developers use a ChatGPT or other model subscription or their own API keys with no Amp token fees or limits, paying for orbs as they go or running agents on their own runners at no charge. The Individual tier is $20 per month on Megawatt, with 45,000 minutes of orb time, or $200 per month on Gigawatt, with 480,000 minutes, and both include Amp credits that work on any model. Teams costs nothing extra: members stay on Hobby or a paid tier and share threads, portals, plugins, skills and pooled credits, and SAML or OIDC SSO is included once one member is on a paid tier. Enterprise is priced by quote and adds SCIM, spend limits, audit logs, network and MCP access controls, IP allowlisting and regional endpoints. Students and teachers can get Megawatt for $10 per month. Model usage beyond a tier's included credits is billed separately, either by the model provider when developers bring their own subscription or keys, with that provider's charges and limits applying, or through paid Amp credits charged at the providers' API prices with no markup for individuals and non-enterprise workspaces. Purchased credits expire twelve months after purchase, included usage resets each month without rolling over, and web search and other tools also draw on credits. Orbs are billed by the minute, from $0.08 an hour for the smallest size to $2.13 an hour for the largest, which is limited to Gigawatt and Enterprise, and larger orbs use a tier's allowance faster. Paid tiers are billed monthly. Amp suits developers and teams who want agents that run tasks in the cloud and across devices while choosing their own models and paying for model use through subscriptions they already hold. Developers who want an agent inside an AI-first code editor should consider Cursor, developers who want Anthropic's models bundled into one subscription should consider Claude Code, developers who want OpenAI's own agent within a ChatGPT plan should consider OpenAI Codex, and developers who want a free, open-source agent they run themselves should consider OpenCode. Current state Q3 2026: On September 13, 2026 Amp introduced the free Hobby tier and the no-extra-charge Teams tier, removed Amp token fees on bring-your-own subscriptions and keys for everyone outside Enterprise, and extended its zero and minimal data retention policy to all users and workspaces. Monthly subscriptions launched in July 2026, and the macOS and iOS apps followed in August. In September Amp added customizable modes and runners that can serve many directories and Git worktrees and be shared with a workspace. Amp is SOC 2 Type II certified, and neither Amp nor its subprocessors train models on customer data unless a user opts in, which a workspace admin must approve and Enterprise workspaces cannot enable.