Amp vs. Gemini CLI

Feature	Amp	Gemini CLI

Tagline	The frontier coding agent	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal
Website	https://ampcode.com	https://geminicli.com
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	April 14, 2025	June 24, 2025
Last Updated	May 7, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	AI Lab
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	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	VS Code
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M tokens
Terminal Bench 2.0		#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 ²
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.5, Sonnet, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, Gemini 3.1 Pro / Flash	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro
Pricing Model	Usage Based	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free daily grant, then usage-based	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code		https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Development State	active	active