Amp

B-▲ +18 vs last quarter

CLI-first AI coding agent from the Sourcegraph founders, now an independent company (Amp Frontier Corporation / 'Amp, Inc.', Dec 2025 spinout, ~6mo).

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Dimension breakdown

Score · confidence

UX / DX

50% conf75

Capability

50% conf70

ReliabilityIncomplete data at this time

Value

50% conf65

CommunityIncomplete data at this time

Enterprise / Compliance

50% conf70

Autonomy

50% conf65

Integration

50% conf70

Sources blend review platforms, community sentiment, the Signal Radar and practitioner ratings. Scores re-blend each quarter.

CLI-first AI coding agent from the Sourcegraph founders, now an independent company (Amp Frontier Corporation / 'Amp, Inc.', Dec 2025 spinout, ~6mo). Strategic pivot: Amp killed its native VS Code/Cursor editor extensions ("The Coding Agent Is Dead," Feb 19 2026; extensions self-destructed Mar 5) and reoriented around the rebuilt Neo CLI plus web.

Surface is now CLI-first + web (remote control, message queuing, live updates) + plugins (web + terminal sync) + thin `amp --ide` editor bridges (VS Code/Neovim file & diagnostics access) — no longer a native multi-IDE-extension hybrid. Smart mode runs frontier Claude (Opus 4.7 as of late May; expected to track Opus 4.8, released 2026-05-28); deep/rush modes run GPT-5.5.

Auto context compaction (90% threshold), subagents, and Oracle (GPT-5.5 high-reasoning) are differentiators. SOC 2 Type II under the Amp entity; ISO 27001 remains under Sourcegraph only.

Pricing public: pay-as-you-go zero-markup for individuals/teams; Enterprise = $1,000 upfront + 50% markup on usage. Still no named company-wide enterprise customers and no Amp-entity funding round post-spinout.

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Use cases

Not yet assessed — this section fills in as ACES research covers the tool.

Score caps

Risk flags

Pricing opacity
enterpriseConditional
No public pricing or highly opaque pricing model
Caps Enterprise / Compliance at 75
Removed when — Public pricing published with clear tier structure and no hidden costs reported

Assessment

Status rationale

Tracked maintained. The Amp entity is ~6 months independent with exceptional technical velocity (Neo CLI rebuild, auto-compaction, plugin API now web+terminal, multi-model smart/deep/rush, passkey auth, Enterprise Managed Settings — all in <6 months) and top-tier carryover investor backing.

The Feb 2026 'Coding Agent Is Dead' pivot (native editor extensions removed; CLI-first + web) is a deliberate, frontier-following bet — well-received by agent/CLI-first users but ceding IDE-extension loyalists to competitors. Assessed requires: named company-wide enterprise customer references, independent Amp-entity funding round, pricing-opacity cap lift conditions, OR completed internal hands-on evaluation.

None satisfied this cycle; evidence remains research-based (not_tested), keeping it Tracked rather than Assessed.

Watch for

Movement triggers

Upgrade to Assessed if: (1) named company-wide enterprise customer references confirmed (case study or public reference, not individual developer testimonials), (2) independent Amp-entity funding round announced demonstrating standalone capital base, (3) pricing-opacity cap formally liftable — e.g., per-seat Enterprise list price published OR volume discount tiers disclosed OR public enterprise customer pricing references, (4) Amp Labs (CEO-mandate enterprise engagements, May 2026) produces named multi-year enterprise deployments, (5) hands-on internal evaluation completed. Interface could recover toward Band 4 if a documented SDK/headless mode ships or the CLI-first surface demonstrably matches prior multi-IDE depth.

Downgrade to Detected if: post-spinout funding/runway concerns surface publicly, SOC 2 Type II lapses or is not renewed, sentiment turns negative on reliability, or the CLI-only pivot triggers a measurable community exodus to a competing terminal-first agent (Kilo and others are actively courting Amp's displaced IDE-extension users).

Caution