# Amp vs Paperclip (slim)

> Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency & trust. Both do agent multi agent. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency & trust. Both do agent multi agent.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #427 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- Paperclip: C 59, rank #390 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.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 65. Also No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them.
- Paperclip, good for Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 31; Schema & documentation, 81 against 72; Security & auth, 64 against 57; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Amp | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |
| 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 |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2026-07-23 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |