A decision for a beginner, not a spec sheet. Scores are our weights. Prices are the public plans, and anything marked verify on the tool page should be re-checked before you pay.
Pick Amp if you want a repo you want an agent to work on in parallel, including while your laptop is closed.
Pick GitHub Copilot if you want an assistant inside VS Code, JetBrains, or GitHub.
A coding agent you can run free on your own machine, or in Amp's cloud.
Cheapest verified paid plan: Megawatt · $20/mo
An IDE assistant at $10 a month, if you already live in GitHub.
Cheapest verified paid plan: Pro · $10/mo
Web app or SaaS
Mobile app
Game
Website or landing page
Automation or script
No code
I can follow a change
I already develop
Last verified 2026-10-19
Individual
Free
VerifiedAll product features. No monthly fee. Pay-as-you-go orbs, or your own runners at no Amp charge. Linked ChatGPT, Claude, and other subscriptions, and bring-your-own-key, with no Amp token fees or limits. No included orb minutes and no included Amp credits.
The Hobby card is on ampcode.com/pricing. Standard orb rates, if you do use cloud machines, are on the orb sizes page and start at $0.08 an hour for a1.tiny.
Individual
$20/mo
Verified45,000 minutes of orb time and $20 of Amp credits, then more credits at provider list price. Unlimited public and private repositories, and your own portal domains. Soft hosting limits on the card are 1 GB of repository storage and 10 GB of monthly transfer.
This is the Individual price shown on the default pricing tab. Included usage does not roll over. The $20 of credits is the amount the pricing card prints for this tier.
Individual
$10/mo
VerifiedThe same Megawatt allowance, at $10 a month for students and teachers. The pricing card shows $10 of included Amp credits when the education discount is applied.
The pricing FAQ says students and teachers can get Megawatt for $10 per month. Left out of budget matching so a general under-$10 question cannot be won by a discount most readers cannot buy.
Individual
$200/mo
Verified480,000 minutes of orb time, which is the Gigawatt tab's minute figure, and $200 of Amp credits. The underlying allowance is 1,000 hours of a1.xxlarge. a1.3xlarge orbs are limited to Gigawatt and Enterprise. Soft hosting limits are 10 GB of repository storage and 100 GB of monthly transfer.
The $200 price is the Gigawatt tier on ampcode.com/pricing. The default tab is Megawatt, so the $200 card is the other Individual tab. A note on the orb details says 10× limits for Gigawatt.
Last verified 2026-10-19
Individual
Free
VerifyA limited free tier. The plans FAQ still lists 2,000 completions and 50 chat requests. The billing docs say 2,000 completions a month plus an AI credit allowance whose size is not stated, with auto model selection only.
The free price is real. On 2026-10-19 the chat allowance and the credit allowance still disagree across GitHub's own pages, so this row stays verify.
Individual
$10/mo
Verified1,500 AI credits a month (1,000 base + 500 flex). Completions and next edit do not use credits. 1 credit = $0.01.
From GitHub's usage-based billing docs for individuals.
Individual
$39/mo
Verified7,000 AI credits a month (3,900 base + 3,100 flex). Completions stay unlimited.
Flex allotments can change. Base credits are tied to the subscription price.
Individual
$100/mo
Verified20,000 AI credits a month (10,000 base + 10,000 flex).
The individual plan for sustained agent work.
Included Megawatt and Gigawatt usage resets at the end of the monthly billing period and does not roll over. Purchased credits expire 12 months after you buy them. A paused orb costs nothing. Amp pauses an idle orb 5 minutes after the agent stops, or 20 minutes after your last interaction, whichever is later.
On Hobby, use your own runner if the bill you are avoiding is orb time. Model limits on a linked ChatGPT or Claude subscription are that vendor's cap, not an Amp cap.
Monthly. Included credits do not roll over. Base credits are used before the flex allotment.
Wait for the monthly reset.
GitHub Copilot's cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Pro at $10/mo. Amp's cheapest paid plan the ranking counts is Megawatt at $20/mo.
Amp is for a repo you want an agent to work on in parallel, including while your laptop is closed, people who already pay for ChatGPT or Claude and want to use that subscription inside an agent, and developers who can review agent output and do not need a hosted app builder.
GitHub Copilot is for a developer who wants an assistant inside VS Code, JetBrains, or GitHub, staying near $10 a month, and web app and script work where you already have the repo open.
Amp scores 1 out of 5 for someone who does not want to read code. GitHub Copilot scores 1 out of 5. The scores are the same. You are starting threads against a project and reading what the agent did. This is not a no-code builder. Copilot assumes an editor. It is the wrong first tool if you do not want files.
Amp: Free to Amp if you bring your own model subscription or key and run on your own machine. Cloud orbs are pay-as-you-go. Hobby includes no orb minutes and no Amp credits. GitHub Copilot: Free is real, with a tight cap. The plans FAQ still says 2,000 completions and 50 chats. A later billing post describes limited completions plus limited chat and agent usage. Confirm the live counter.