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Amp vs Cursor

A side-by-side comparison of Amp and Cursor, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

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Amp

Agent

Agentic coding tool from Sourcegraph for terminal and editor.

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Cursor

IDE

AI-first code editor. Multi-model, tab-completion native.

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At a glance

Feature comparison of Amp and Cursor
AttributeAmpCursor
Category (differs)AgentIDE
PricingFREEMIUMFREEMIUM
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
Deployment (differs)CloudLocal
Platforms (differs)CLI, VS Code extensionmacOS, Windows, Linux
Model supportMulti-modelMulti-model
Vendor (differs)SourcegraphAnysphere

The honest brief

Amp

Shareable, searchable agent 'threads' for the whole team, billed pay-as-you-go at zero markup over model prices.

  • Zero-markup pay-as-you-go pricing
  • Shareable/searchable team threads
  • Routes across frontier models
  • Works in terminal and editors
  • Closed source
  • Usage-metered costs can be unpredictable
  • Newer than Cursor/Copilot
  • Best value tied to Sourcegraph workflows

Cursor

Pioneered agentic, multi-file editing in a familiar VS Code fork — frontier models bundled, no API key wrangling.

  • Inherits the VS Code extension ecosystem
  • Frontier models bundled in one plan
  • Strong multi-file agent + tab completion
  • BYO key supported
  • Closed source (the editor itself)
  • Heavier on usage limits at higher tiers
  • No first-party Linux/mobile parity gaps
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