Amp vs. Continue

Feature	Amp	Continue

Tagline	The frontier coding agent	The open-source AI code assistant
Website	https://ampcode.com	https://continue.dev
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	April 14, 2025	August 21, 2025
Last Updated	May 7, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
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	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama
Pricing Model	Usage Based	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free daily grant, then usage-based	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code		https://github.com/continuedev/continue
Development State	active	active