Amp

What it is for

Amp is Sourcegraph’s coding agent plus remote orbs: you start a thread in a repo, and an orb keeps working after you close the laptop. Use it when the job is an agent that continues in the cloud.

Hobby is Free. Individual is the first paid card. The cover is the official docs workspace still — file tree, agent thread, and a git change list.

What makes it unique: orbs are machines with your code and tools already set up, and you can bring ChatGPT / Claude seats so Amp lists $0 token fees on that path.

Key features

• Orbs — isolated remote machine per thread; the agent keeps working after you close the laptop (docs).
• Orb terminal — open a tmux shell on the same filesystem as the agent; Amp can embed the live terminal in the reply.
• Review changes — inspect the thread diff and browse files on the orb without downloading the repo.
• Modes / Dial — pick low / medium / high / ultra so Amp routes model, tools, and oracle to the task (docs).
• Subagents — Search, Oracle, Librarian, Task, and Read Thread run focused work in their own context.
• Puck — start, monitor, and steer agents; find and archive threads (docs).

Who it's for

Best fit: engineers who want a thread that keeps going on an orb, and will watch hosted minutes.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from ampcode.com/pricing. Re-check before you buy.

• Hobby — Free. All product features; Amp-hosted orbs are pay-as-you-go; unlimited self-hosted orbs; BYOK.
• Individual — $20/month. 45,000 minutes of Amp-hosted orbin’ time; unlimited self-hosted orbs; BYOK.
• Teams — billed on existing member tiers (Hobby / Megawatt / Gigawatt on the page); shared threads and billing.
• Enterprise — custom (SCIM, spend limits, audit logs).

Limitations / costs

• Hosted orb minutes are the meter. Individual includes 45,000.
• BYOK still spends the vendor you connect. Amp’s card lists $0 Amp token fees on that path.
• Cover is the official docs workspace still.
• Enterprise is a quote card.

Alternatives

• Factory — Droid CLI/desktop; Pro $20.
• Claude Code — Anthropic repo agent on Pro $20.
• Cursor — desktop Agent/Tab; Plus $8.

Official tutorial

Written Amp Introduction plus Pricing.

Website

https://ampcode.com

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Amp docs workspace still (tree + thread + git changes). Dollars checked on ampcode.com/pricing (Hobby Free; Individual $20 / 45,000 orb minutes).

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.