# Amp

> Sourcegraph coding agent — free with BYOK, orbs for long-running work

**Category:** AI Agents  
**Pricing:** freemium  
**URL:** https://ampcode.com  
**Added:** 2026-09-29

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## The Hook

Amp is Sourcegraph’s frontier coding agent and thread workspace — free when you bring your own keys/compute, with “orbs” so agents keep working after you close the laptop.

## What's Good

Freemium (ampcode.com). Free Agent / Hobby path with BYOK (no Amp token fees on that lane per Sep 2026 Chronicle); paid Individual+ tiers add Amp-hosted capacity. Threads, orbs, CLI↔editor hooks, and team sharing aimed at long-running agent work. Product docs at ampcode.com/docs.

## The Catch

Proprietary product (no public OSS repo found) — free lane is BYOK/Hobby, not a self-host MIT binary. Vs Claude Code / Cursor / Roo Code: Amp is Sourcegraph’s orb/thread agent environment, not an Apache VS Code extension and not Anthropic’s terminal Max plan. Individual ~$20/mo when you leave pure BYOK; watch orb/minute limits on paid tiers.

## Verdict

Freemium Sourcegraph coding agent when BYOK free + orbs beat another IDE subscription — proprietary; paid when you want Amp-hosted juice.