Amp
Coding agents · Freemium
About
An agentic coding tool from Sourcegraph for the terminal and editors, built to use frontier models without token limits.
Key features
- CLI and editor extension
- Shared threads
- Subagents
- Usage-based pricing
Best for
- — Heavy agentic coding
- — Teams sharing agent threads
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platforms
- CLI, VS Code
- Works with
- VS Code, GitHub
- Last checked
- 2026-10-29
- Status
- Listed, not yet tested
Our take
Capable and opinionated. Usage-based costs can be high on long tasks.
Features and pricing change often — confirm on ampcode.com before you commit.
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