Amp vs GitHub Copilot CLI
Amp is a terminal agent by Sourcegraph. GitHub Copilot CLI is a terminal agent by GitHub. Every cell below is read from the directory data and points back to a vendor page.
| General | ||
|---|---|---|
| Layer | Terminal agent, Editor extension | Terminal agent |
| Vendor | Sourcegraph | GitHub |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| License | Proprietary Proprietary | Proprietary Proprietary |
| Status | active | active |
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Entry price | Free | Free |
| Top individual plan | $200/mo | $100/mo |
| Team seat | Contact sales | $19/user/mo |
| Included usage | $20/mo Megawatt | 1,500 credits/mo Copilot Pro, worth about $15 |
| Beyond the plan | Blocked, API list price | Blocked, Credit packs |
| Part of a plan | — | GitHub Copilot |
| Models | ||
| Providers | OpenAI, Anthropic | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Moonshot |
| Bring your own key | Partial BYOK | Partial BYOK |
| Local models | No | No |
| Features | ||
| Git worktrees | No | Yes |
| Parallel agents | Yes | Yes |
| Subagents | Yes | Yes |
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| ACP agent | No | Yes |
| Browser automation | Yes | No |
| Sandboxing | No | Yes |
| Remote execution | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile companion | No | Yes |
| Scheduled tasks | Yes | Yes |
| Diff review | No | Yes |
| Checkpoints | No | Yes |
| Plugins | Yes | Yes |
| Hooks | No | Yes |
| Works with | ||
| Runs | — | — |
| Runs inside | dmux | — |
| Pricing verified | 2026-08-23 | 2026-08-24 |