Overall in coding agents
15of 17 · score 56.1
Data coverage
85%
22 of 26 fields sourced
Best for
- •Teams who would rather not run a model-selection debate every quarter
- •Sourcegraph shops wanting shared, linkable agent threads
Strong on
- +Subagents Yes 1/16
Weak on
- −Pricing model opaque credits 14/16Better: opencode: BYOK tokens only
- −Model breadth no model choice 16/17Better: opencode: any provider / router
- −Licence proprietary 11/16Better: Codex CLI: Apache-2.0
- −Local models No 12/17Better: Codex CLI: Yes
vs Claude Code
- •Ahead on Entry price: $0/seat/mo vs $20/seat/mo
- •Behind on Opens PRs: No vs Yes
- •Behind on Permissions: granular allowlist vs allowlist + OS sandbox
How Amp scores among 17 coding agents22 of 26 fields known
Features8
Surface
CLI, IDE extension, web
5/17
Leader: GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ) · GitHub-native, IDE extension, CLI, web, cloud delegate
ampcode.com · 2026-01-15
Model breadth
no model choice
16/17
Leader: opencode · any provider / router
· 2026-01-15
Repo indexing
agentic grep
9/16
Leader: Devin · hybrid index + agentic
Plan mode
Partial
10/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Checkpoint & undo
Partial
10/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Headless / CI1st
Yes
1/17
Local models
No
12/17
Leader: Codex CLI · Yes
· 2026-01-15
Agentic7
Where it stops
3
7/15
Leader: Claude Code · 4
Subagents1st
Yes
1/16
· 2026-01-15
Hooks
—
Skills / commands
Partial
12/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Background agents
Partial
6/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Governance & control3
Permissions
granular allowlist
9/17
Leader: Claude Code · allowlist + OS sandbox
Licence
proprietary
11/16
Leader: Codex CLI · Apache-2.0
· 2026-01-15
Pricing3
Entry price1st
$0/seat/mo
1/16
· 2026-01-15
Traction3
GitHub stars
—
Terminal-Bench
—
Bench model
—
Positioning1
Timeline1
First release
2025-05-01
Alternatives8
Aider
Claude Code
Cline
Codex CLI
Cursor
Devin
DIY harness
Gemini CLICompare
Sources3
- ampcode.com4 fields
- ampcode.com/docs/pricing2 fields
- ampcode.com/docs/customize/mcp1 field
