Amp

#13 Coding

by Amp (spun out of Sourcegraph) · Best for frontier-model autonomous coding across editors and CLI

Amp is an autonomous coding agent, recently spun out of Sourcegraph as a standalone company, available in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and as a CLI. It offers a free ad-supported mode (roughly $10/day of usage) plus pay-as-you-go credits that draw down based on LLM/compute costs, with premium enterprise workspaces adding SSO and zero data retention.

Visit Amp ↗Reviewed by Michael Okeje · Last verified August 1, 2026

Pricing

$0 (ad-supported) / pay-as-you-go

Free ad-supported mode with ~$10/day usage; prepaid pay-as-you-go credits consumed by LLM usage; premium enterprise workspaces for security/compliance

Free tier: Yes · Open source: No

Strengths

+ Multi-model routing across today's frontier models
+ Works in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and as a standalone CLI
+ Agentic code review to structure and explain changes

Limitations

− Credit-based usage costs can add up on large tasks
− Free tier is ad-supported unless you use pay-as-you-go

Best for

Autonomous multi-file editing and complex task executionDevelopers who prefer a CLI-first agentTeams needing enterprise security controls

Amp pricing in context

Amp uses custom pricing, while the median coding agent with public pricing starts at $20/month. See the full AI agent pricing data for category medians and the verified pricing-change log.

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