Amp
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveCoding agent that runs in your terminal, a Mac app or Amp's cloud machines, on your own model subscriptions or keys
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $20/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Hobby is free with your own model subscriptions, API keys and runners, paying only for any orb time used; Megawatt is $20/month with included agent usage and 45,000 orb minutes, Gigawatt $200/month with higher limits. Extra model usage is bought as prepaid credits at provider API prices without markup, and purchased credits expire twelve months after purchase.
Use tool ↗About Amp
Amp is a coding agent and development environment from Amp Frontier Corporation, the team that spun out of Sourcegraph in December 2025. Agents run from a CLI on macOS, Linux or Windows via WSL, in a beta Mac and iOS app, or inside orbs, Amp's remote machines that keep working after you close the laptop, with scheduled automations, preview portals and Slack hand-offs. Since September 2026 the Hobby tier is free when you bring your own ChatGPT or Claude subscription, API keys or computers; the paid tiers bundle agent usage and orb time.
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Hobby free with BYO subscriptions and keys and pay-as-you-go orbs; Individual $20/month Megawatt with 45,000 minutes of orb time; Gigawatt, Teams at no extra charge and custom Enterprise listed (15 October 2026)ampcode.com ↗
- Extra usage billed as paid credits at providers' API prices with no markup for individuals and non-enterprise workspaces; orbs billed by the minute; purchased credits expire after twelve months (15 October 2026)ampcode.com ↗
- Since 13 September 2026 Amp is free to use with your own compute and model subscriptions or keys; you pay for orbs (read 15 October 2026)ampcode.com ↗
- Amp spun out of Sourcegraph as Amp Frontier Corporation, announced 2 December 2025; terms name Amp at a San Francisco address under California law (read 15 October 2026)ampcode.com ↗
- CLI supports macOS, Linux and Windows through WSL and can run the agent locally, in an orb or on a connected runner (15 October 2026)ampcode.com ↗
Is Amp legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Feb 14, 2012 (14 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 11, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2025The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Amp Frontier Corporation, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Amp
Amp is now its own company and has turned from a pay-per-token agent into a free agent harness plus paid cloud machines: bring a ChatGPT or Claude subscription or your own keys and the agent itself costs nothing, while $20 or $200 a month buys included usage and orb time. It suits developers who want agents running in parallel on remote machines and can live with a fast-moving beta; teams that want a stable editor plugin and fixed terms should look elsewhere.
Pros
- Hobby tier is free with your own subscriptions, keys and runners, with no Amp token fees
- Pay-as-you-go model usage at provider API prices with no markup for individuals and non-enterprise workspaces
- Teams tier adds thread sharing, multiplayer and SAML/OIDC SSO at no extra charge
- Runs from a CLI on macOS, Linux and Windows via WSL, plus Mac and iOS apps and cloud orbs
Cons
- Mac and iOS apps are betas that require macOS or iOS 26
- Pricing changed three times in 2026, so plans read today may not hold
- Orbs are billed by the minute and by size, so larger machines burn the allowance faster
- Prepaid credits expire twelve months after purchase
Best for
- Developers who already pay for ChatGPT or Claude and want another agent harness at no extra cost
- Running several agents in parallel on cloud machines that keep working with the laptop closed
- Small teams that want shared threads, SSO and pooled credits without per-seat fees
Not for
- Teams that need a product that stays put; the vendor itself warns things change without notice
- Developers who want an IDE plugin rather than a CLI, a Mac app and web threads
Watch out: Pricing changed three times in 2026 (ads dropped in March, subscriptions in July, a free bring-your-own tier in September) and purchased credits expire after twelve months, so buy them in small amounts. Formerly listed as AMP from Sourcegraph; it now belongs to Amp Frontier Corporation.
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