# Amp vs Qoder CLI (slim)

> Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) to Amp's 57.1 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #691 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- Qoder CLI: C 59.3, rank #609 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-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 Maintenance & community, 79 against 72; Transparency & trust, 77 against 64. Also No incidents deducted, where Qoder CLI loses 3 points for them.
- Qoder CLI, good for Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 31; Schema & documentation, 81 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 69.

| Category | Amp | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |
| 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 the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no date given |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | 5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |