Sourcegraph

Key Terms

• Agent mode - Amp's operational profiles: smart (unconstrained frontier model), rush (fast/cheap, small tasks), deep (extended thinking with GPT-5.4), and hidden large (1M-context). Source: Ampcode – Manual
• Oracle - A second-opinion tool available to the main agent, powered by GPT-5.4 at reasoning level "high". The main agent invokes it autonomously for complex reasoning or on explicit user request. Source: Ampcode – Manual
• Subagents - Independent agents spawned by the main agent for parallel work. Each has its own context window. Includes Search (Gemini 3 Flash), Librarian (Claude Sonnet 4.6, searches GitHub), and user-initiated task subagents. Source: Ampcode – Manual
• Thread - A conversation with Amp, including all messages, tool calls, and file changes. Threads are shareable via web URLs and persist across sessions. Source: Ampcode – Manual
• Handoff - Moving work from one thread to a new thread with relevant context, replacing context compaction. Source: Ampcode – Handoff
• Pass-through pricing - Amp charges the exact API cost from model providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) with zero markup for individual and non-enterprise workspace users. Source: Ampcode – Pricing
• AGENTS.md - Configuration files that guide Amp on codebase structure, build/test commands, and conventions. Placed in project directories or user config. Source: Ampcode – Manual
• Toolboxes - User-defined executable scripts that extend Amp's tools without writing MCP servers. Source: Ampcode – Manual
• Skills - Packages of instructions and resources (including bundled MCP servers) that teach Amp how to perform specific tasks. Source: Ampcode – Manual

Latest Changes

First report for this supplier. All models, plans, and pricing are listed as current state.

• New model: Claude Opus 4.7 powers smart mode (April 25). Internal eval: ~72%, up from ~65% with Opus 4.6.
• Feature added: Tunable thinking effort for smart mode: Opt+D / Alt+D cycles through high, xhigh, max.
• Feature added: Handoff feature replaces context compaction.
• Feature added: Toolboxes (user-defined executable scripts) and Skills (packages of instructions).
• Plan change: Amp Free closed to new signups since February 10, 2026. Existing users keep $10/day.
• Plan change: Amp Free went ad-free March 30, 2026.

Plans

Amp uses a pay-as-you-go credit model, not traditional subscription tiers. Usage is billed at the exact API cost from model providers with zero markup for individual and team plans.

Terms explained:

• SSO (SAML/Okta) - Employees authenticate through their corporate identity provider instead of separate Amp passwords. Ampcode – Manual
• SCIM (directory sync) - Automatically provisions and deprovisions Amp accounts when employees join or leave the company. Ampcode – Manual
• Zero data retention - The model provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) does not store or train on text inputs sent through Amp Enterprise. Ampcode – Security
• Entitlements - Per-user cost quotas that let workspace admins control how much each team member can spend. Ampcode – Workspace Entitlements

Notes:

• All unused credits expire after 1 year of account inactivity. Source: Ampcode – Pricing
• Execute mode (amp -x) and programmatic invocations consume paid credits only. Amp Free usage applies only to interactive CLI sessions. Source: Ampcode – Amp Free Frontier
• Invoices are issued through Stripe, which supports adding a VAT ID. Source: Ampcode – Pricing

API Pricing

Amp does not expose a standalone API. All usage goes through the Amp CLI or IDE integrations. Billing is based on pass-through costs from the underlying model providers.

Underlying model costs (as used by Amp, per provider API rates):

Important: Amp does not publish the exact per-token rates it charges. The manual states "zero markup on the providers' API pricing" for individual and workspace plans, and "50% more expensive" for Enterprise. Actual per-thread costs are visible in the CLI (with amp.showCosts enabled by default) and on each thread's web page. Source: Ampcode – Pricing

Model Performance / Benchmarks

Amp does not publish public benchmark scores. The company reports internal eval scores in blog posts:

The eval suite, prompts, and scoring criteria are not published. Source: Ampcode – Opus 4.7, Ampcode – Gpt 5.4 The New Oracle

Latest News

April 2026

Opus 4.7 powers smart mode (April 25, 2026)

Claude Opus 4.7 replaced the previous smart mode model. Key changes:

• Internal eval score: ~72%, up from ~65% with Opus 4.6. First model since GPT-5.4 to clear 70% in Amp's evals.
• Opus 4.7 follows prompts more closely than Opus 4.6, fills in fewer gaps, and is less likely to silently generalize tasks. This requires more explicit prompting ("tell it what success looks like").
• Built-in grep and glob tools removed from smart mode. Opus 4.7 uses shell commands (rg) directly.
• Tunable thinking effort added for smart mode: Opt+D / Alt+D cycles through high, xhigh, max.
• Token usage described as "improved" across all effort levels, matching Anthropic's own assessment. More tokens in some cases, but better results leading to less wasted tokens overall.

Source: Ampcode – Opus 4.7

Prior months (still relevant)

Amp Free goes ad-free (March 30, 2026) - Ads removed from the free tier. The $10/day credit grant persists for existing free users, now without ads. Amp's ad sales had reached a $10M+ annual run rate but the company concluded that "ads just don't pay for enough frontier tokens." Some less-active users may see the daily grant paused. Source: Ampcode – Amp Free Is Ad Free

GPT-5.4 in deep mode (March 26, 2026) - GPT-5.4 replaced GPT-5.3-Codex in deep mode, "tuned to act more like Codex." Source: Ampcode – Gpt 5.4

GPT-5.4 becomes the oracle (March 5, 2026) - GPT-5.4 replaced GPT-5.2 as the oracle model. Oracle quality improved from 60.8% to 68.2% in internal evals. Mean latency dropped from ~6.7min to ~4.9min. Oracle also added to deep mode. Source: Ampcode – Gpt 5.4 The New Oracle

Amp Free closed to new signups (February 10, 2026) - Admission to Amp Free paused to "grow more slowly" while building the next version. Existing free users kept $10/day. Source: Ampcode – Amp Free Is Full For Now

Community Signals

HackerNews

• "Ampfree is ad free" discussion (April 2026) - 3 comments. Top comment by latexr pushed back on the claim that users "loved the ads," calling it out as hyperbole. Submitter sixhobbits (appears to be affiliated) acknowledged the ads were tolerated rather than loved, but noted the $10/day grant benefited users who could not afford $20/month plans. Discussion also challenged the marketing language around "changed the world." Source: News – Item

• "The coding agent is dead" discussion (February 2026) - 3 comments. User nis0s commented "Only Amp is dead. The coding agent/tools are fine, you don't see Cursor shutting down its doors." User rvz argued Cursor is also in trouble because "they are just paying their own competitors for the tokens to destroy their business." Source: News – Item

• "Amp, Inc. - spinning out of Sourcegraph" (December 2025) - 90 points, 37 comments. The highest-engagement Amp post on HN. Source: News – Item

General observations

• Amp's HN engagement is consistently low (1-8 points per submission), with most submissions coming from a small number of users (tosh, pdubroy). The only high-engagement post was the corporate spinout announcement.
• r/AmpCode (Reddit – Ampcode) has 599 weekly visitors and 4 weekly contributions. Activity is low but reveals recurring pain points:

- Free tier credit expiration is a top concern. Post "Don't go on vacation if you use Amp Free..." (10 upvotes, 13 comments, April 16) shows users lose credits after periods of inactivity. Source: Reddit – Dont Go On Vacation If You Use Amp Free

- Missing free credits reported in "No amp free credits?" (2 upvotes, 2 comments, April 6). Source: Reddit – No Amp Free Credits

- Stability issues: "Ampcode broken for me" (3 upvotes, 4 comments, April 29) reports all bash commands getting cancelled with empty errors. Source: Reddit – Ampcode Broken For Me

• No X/Twitter community data was collected for this report.

Enterprise Readiness

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