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Amp review
7.7/10★★★★★Coding agent that keeps working in cloud machines, from web, Mac, iOS or terminal
- Best for
- Experienced developers and teams running many parallel, long-running agents
- Price
- Freemium · from $20/month
Free: All features free, paying only for cloud machine time or using your own runners and keys - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Desktop app, Terminal
- Made by
- Amp Frontier Corporation · since 2025
What it is
Amp is a multi-model coding agent where each thread gets its own cloud machine, so agents keep working after you close your laptop. You use it from the web, Mac and iOS apps, or a terminal CLI, with team thread sharing, plugins and skills. Amp spun out of Sourcegraph as an independent company in December 2025.
Latest: Amp spun out of Sourcegraph as an independent company in December 2025.
What the AI does
- Per-thread cloud machines that keep working while you're away
- Multi-model routing (GPT and Claude models)
- An agent that coordinates other agents
- Automations and event-driven runs
- Team thread sharing, plugins and skills
Pros and cons
- Agents keep running while you're away
- Use your own keys without markup
- Web, Mac, iPhone/iPad and terminal
- Strong team collaboration
- Opinionated: features can be removed without notice
- No IDE extension; work happens in its own apps or the terminal
- Long tasks can use a lot of credits or machine time
How it scores
Well regarded for consistency on large refactors; usage costs can climb on long tasks.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- Autonomous agent mode that edits multiple files (yes)
- Inline code completion as you type (no)
- Choice of AI models from more than one vendor (yes)
- Use your own API keys, local models or self-hosted deployment (yes)
- Extension for existing IDEs (VS Code or JetBrains) (no)
- Command-line (terminal) agent (yes)
- Cloud agents that keep working in the background (yes)
- AI code review for pull requests (no)
- Connects to external tools (MCP, plugins or apps like Slack and Jira) (yes)
Alternatives
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- OpenAI Codex 8.7/10Developers who want parallel, asynchronous tasks and pull requests back, bundled with ChatGPT
- GitHub Copilot 8.6/10Developers and teams on GitHub who want AI in the IDE they already use, at the lowest entry price
- Claude Code 8.5/10Engineers who hand off large multi-file tasks and long autonomous runs
- Cursor 8.3/10IDE-first developers who want AI in every keystroke and the freedom to switch models