Amp vs Cursor

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	Amp Frontier coding agent originally built at Sourcegraph, now developed by the independent Amp Frontier Corporation.	Cursor AI-native code editor (VS Code fork) with agent mode, codebase indexing.
Category	harness	harness
Vendor type	commercial	commercial
Pricing	usage	subscription
Strengths	+ Multi-surface workflow across CLI, editor plugins, web, and mobile remote control + Pay-as-you-go pricing with no markup for individual users + Extensible via plugins and MCP servers + Independent, self-described profitable company focused solely on the agent	+ Polished IDE UX + Strong codebase indexing + Multi-model support
Tradeoffs	− Closed source, unlike terminal-agent alternatives such as OpenCode or Aider − Opinionated model selection managed by Amp rather than freely user-configured − Fast-changing product and branding (recently consolidated Amp Neo back into Amp)	− Closed product surface; less programmable than CLI harnesses
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