Amp
Coding agents that keep working in remote orbs after you log off
Overview
Amp (formerly Sourcegraph Amp) is a coding agent and development environment from Amp Frontier Corporation, which spun out of Sourcegraph in December 2025. Agents run in threads from the terminal, web, macOS or iOS, either on remote machines called orbs or on your own runners, and Amp is free when you bring your own model subscription or keys.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 14 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Use your ChatGPT, Claude and other subscriptions
- Bring your own keys, no Amp token fees or limits
- Your own runners for free
- Public and private repositories
- 45,000 minutes of orb time
- Unlimited public and private repositories
- Your own domains for portals
- Thread sharing, multiplayer and permissions
- Shared portals, plugins and skills
- Shared billing and pooled credits
- SAML/OIDC SSO
- SCIM directory sync and spend limits
- Audit logs and network/MCP access controls
- IP allowlisting and regional endpoints
- Priority support and custom terms
What you can produce with Amp
- Coding agents that keep working on remote orbs after you close your laptop
- Agent threads driven from the terminal, the web, the macOS app or the iOS app
- Agents run on your own machines through runners, at no Amp charge
- Shared workspace threads with multiplayer collaboration and permissions
- Follow-ups on GitHub pull requests and commit restacking
- Agent use with your existing ChatGPT or Claude plan or your own API keys
Amp is for developers who want agents that run in parallel and keep working unattended. Orbs give every thread an isolated remote machine, the Hobby tier is free with your own ChatGPT or Claude subscription or API keys, and paid model usage is passed through at provider prices with no markup.
The trade-off is churn. Amp killed its editor extensions in February 2026, rebuilt the CLI in May and reworked pricing again in September, and threads are stored on its servers. Teams that want a stable, IDE-centred assistant should look elsewhere; teams comfortable at the frontier will find it one of the more ambitious agents available.
What we found
Amp is a coding agent and development environment that began inside Sourcegraph, the code-search company, and opened to the public in May 2025. On 2 December 2025 its team announced it was spinning out as Amp Frontier Corporation, an independent research lab; the post said Amp's traction drove the move and that Amp was profitable. Earlier versions of this page called the new company Amp Inc.
The product has been rebuilt rather than extended. In February 2026 Amp announced it would kill its VS Code and Cursor extensions, arguing that frontier models had outgrown the editor sidebar, and a rebuilt Amp, briefly called Amp Neo, reached everyone in May. Work now happens in threads you can drive from the terminal, the web, a macOS app or an iOS app. The centre of it is orbs: remote machines where agents keep working in isolated environments after you close the laptop. Runners do the same job on your own computers, and an assistant called Puck starts and monitors agents.
Pricing changed with it. Since 13 September 2026 Amp has been free when you bring your own compute and models: the Hobby tier takes a ChatGPT or Claude subscription or your own API keys with no Amp token fees, and runs agents on your own runners. You pay for orbs, pay-as-you-go or through the $20-a-month Megawatt tier with 45,000 orb minutes, and students and teachers pay $10. Model usage bought through Amp is charged at providers' API prices with no markup for individuals and non-enterprise workspaces. Teams cost nothing extra; Enterprise adds SCIM, audit logs, IP allowlisting and minimal data retention.
The ad-supported Amp Free tier this page used to describe closed to new users in February 2026 and dropped its ads in March. Threads live on Amp's servers and are shared within a workspace; public thread sharing ended in June 2026. Amp's about page warns it is not for buyers who want a product that stays the same.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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