Comparison
Amp vs Augment Code
| Amp | Augment Code | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | AmpAmp is a coding agent and development environment built for the frontier. You can build anything in Amp, in orbs that let you run the agent without supervision from anywhere, or on your own machine with our CLI and runner. | Augment CodeAugment Code is an AI coding platform with agents and a context engine built for large codebases, plus Cosmos for running agents across an engineering organization. |
| Pricing | AmpHobby free (pay as you go for Amp-hosted orbs, unlimited self-hosted orbs, bring your own ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions or API keys with no Amp token fees); Individual $20/mo (45,000 minutes of hosted orb time, unlimited public/private repositories, your own domains for portals); Teams no extra charge (shared billing and pooled credits, SSO); Enterprise custom (official) | Augment CodeStandard $20/mo flat (up to 50 seats, $20 of usage included); Business $100/mo flat ($100 of usage included); Enterprise custom; pay-as-you-go top-ups for extra usage (official) |
| Website | Amphttps://ampcode.com/ | Augment Codehttps://www.augmentcode.com/ |
Which tool for which job
Amp wins when you want an agent that can keep working unattended and you already pay for a model subscription.
Augment Code wins when your codebase is big enough that context matters more than raw editor features.
Descriptions in the table come from each vendor's own site. This verdict is a fit call from those official pages as of 4 November 2026, not a shared benchmark or a hands-on score. Prices change, so confirm the pricing row on each tool page. How we review tools.
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