# Amp vs Cursor CLI (slim)

> Amp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Amp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harness.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #482 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- Cursor CLI: F 35.3, rank #709 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md
- Amp, good for Teams that want a hosted, multi-model coding agent with shared threads and cloud machines, driven from scripts through execute mode or the SDKs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 72 against 39; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 42; Security & auth, 57 against 46; Payments & pricing, 35 against 25; Maintenance & community, 79 against 62; Transparency & trust, 77 against 59. Also No incidents deducted, where Cursor CLI loses 5 points for them.
- Cursor CLI, good for Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Amp | Cursor CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 27 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 39 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 42 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | Cursor CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Cursor |
| Licence | Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-03 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.5/5 (2) |