Aider vs. Amp

Feature	Aider	Amp

Tagline	AI pair programming in your terminal	The frontier coding agent
Website	https://aider.chat	https://ampcode.com
Language	python	typescript
Release Date	July 8, 2023	April 14, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	May 7, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Neovim, Emacs	VS Code
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Claude Sonnet 4.5/4.6, Claude Opus 4.5/4.6, GPT-5.4, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama, Qwen	Claude Opus 4.7/4.5, Sonnet, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, Gemini 3.1 Pro / Flash
Pricing Model	BYOK	Usage Based
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free daily grant, then usage-based
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
Development State	active	active