Amp vs. Snowflake Cortex CLI

Feature	Amp	Snowflake Cortex CLI

Tagline	The frontier coding agent	Snowflake-native AI coding agent for data engineering
Website	https://ampcode.com	https://snowflake.com/en/product/features/cortex-code/
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	April 14, 2025	February 2, 2026
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	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	No
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	Snowflake managed models - Claude Opus / Sonnet, GPT 5.2
Pricing Model	Usage Based	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free daily grant, then usage-based	Free trial / $20/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code		N/A
Development State	active	active