Amp vs. Blackbox AI CLI

Feature	Amp	Blackbox AI CLI

Tagline	The frontier coding agent	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal
Website	https://ampcode.com	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	April 14, 2025	September 20, 2025
Last Updated	May 7, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model Dependent
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.5, Sonnet, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, Gemini 3.1 Pro / Flash	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek
Pricing Model	Usage Based	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free daily grant, then usage-based	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Source Code		https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli
Development State	active	active