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Comparing as AI Code Editors & IDEs
Amp vs Cursor

Compare features, pricing, pros & cons, and user ratings to decide which AI tool is best for your needs.

Amp

Amp

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Cursor

Cursor

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Detailed Comparison

Feature
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Pricing
FreemiumAmp offers three pricing tiers. The free ad-supported tier includes Amp Tab autocomplete, core agent access with no hard token caps, thread sharing, and the Librarian codebase sub-agent. Sponsored suggestions appear in non-code contexts (dashboard, docs lookups). No credit card required. Smart Mode at $20/month removes ads, opts out of data sharing and model training, unlocks Oracle Mode at full reasoning depth, and provides priority model routing during peak demand. As of August 2026, Smart Mode also allows routing usage through a linked ChatGPT or X Premium+ subscription at no extra per-token cost. A $200/month tier covers higher-volume individual usage. For teams, Amp offers workspace management with centralized billing, admin controls, shared threads and workflows, and enterprise-grade security. Enterprise pricing is custom and adds SOC 2 compliance, zero data retention, and dedicated support.
FreemiumCursor's Hobby plan is free with no credit card required, offering limited Agent requests, limited Tab completions, and access to Composer. Pro costs $20/month and includes extended Agent limits, generous Grok and Composer limits, access to frontier models, MCPs/skills/hooks, cloud agents, and a $20 monthly credit pool for premium model usage. Pro+ costs $60/month with roughly 3x Pro's usage limits and a larger credit pool (~$70). Ultra costs $200/month with about 20x Pro's limits, a ~$400 credit pool, and priority access to new features. Teams Standard costs $40/user/month and adds centralized billing, a team marketplace, Bugbot code reviews, shared cloud agents, usage analytics, team-wide privacy mode, and SAML/OIDC SSO; Teams Premium costs around $120/user/month with roughly 5x Standard's included usage. Enterprise is custom-priced and adds pooled usage, invoice/PO billing, SCIM seat management, repository/model/MCP access controls, audit logs, and an AI code tracking API. Annual billing saves approximately 20% across all paid plans, and all prices are exclusive of applicable taxes.
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AI Coding Assistants
Summary
Multi-model AI coding agent — free tier, no token caps, Librarian codebase search
AI-native code editor with autonomous agents for building software
Amp

Amp Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Ad-supported free tier is the only genuinely unlimited free tier among major coding agents — no hard token caps, no daily limits
  • Multi-model routing across Claude, GPT, and other frontier models per task — not locked to a single AI provider
  • The Librarian uniquely enables live search across all public GitHub and private repos without loading files manually
  • Sourcegraph's code intelligence infrastructure gives Amp deeper codebase context than most terminal agents
  • Available in CLI plus every major editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim) — true editor-agnostic flexibility
  • 40,000+ teams adopted within the first months of 2026 — rapid validation of product-market fit after spin-out

Cons

  • Ad-supported free tier means sponsored suggestions appear in non-code contexts like the dashboard and docs lookups
  • No open-source code — closed-source commercial product unlike Cline, Goose, or OpenHands
  • Smart Mode (no data sharing) requires a paid subscription — free tier users' interactions inform Amp's training pipeline
  • As of August 2026 Amp subscriptions are $20 and $200/month — pricing is now similar to Claude Code and Cursor, eliminating its former pay-as-you-go-only advantage
  • CLI-first design means limited visual IDE experience compared to Cursor or Windsurf — no GUI file explorer or diff viewer built in
  • Spun out from Sourcegraph in December 2025 — organizational independence is new and long-term stability is still being established
Cursor

Cursor Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Deep AI-native integration rather than a bolted-on plugin experience
  • Free Hobby tier available with no credit card required
  • Wide model choice across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and in-house Composer models
  • Autonomous cloud agents can work tasks end-to-end in parallel
  • Privacy Mode guarantees code isn't used for model training when enabled
  • SOC 2 certified with strong enterprise governance and access controls

Cons

  • Credit-based billing means heavy agent or premium-model usage can exceed the base plan quickly
  • Ultra tier is expensive at $200/month for power users
  • As a VS Code fork, some proprietary VS Code extensions may not be fully compatible
  • On-demand overage costs beyond included credits are billed in arrears and can surprise new users
  • Enterprise pricing and invoice billing require contacting sales rather than transparent self-serve rates

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