# Amp vs Qwen Code (slim)

> Qwen Code scores 72.4 (BB) 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 harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen Code scores 72.4 (BB) 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 harness.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #427 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- Qwen Code: BB 72.4, rank #88 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen-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 63.
- Qwen Code, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tied to no single model vendor, with run budgets and SDKs. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 31; Schema & documentation, 91 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 69; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35; Maintenance & community, 88 against 79. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Amp | Qwen Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | Qwen Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | 28k stars, 105k npm/wk |