# Amp vs MiniMax Code (slim)

> MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) to Amp's 57.1 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #697 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- MiniMax Code: B 67.5, rank #277 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.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 Transparency & trust, 77 against 61.
- MiniMax Code, good for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 31; Schema & documentation, 81 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 69; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Amp | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | MiniMax |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-01-19 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2026-01-19 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |