# Amp vs Mirror CLI (slim)

> Amp scores 57.1 (C) to Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Amp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #686 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- Mirror CLI: C 54.2, rank #765 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.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 65; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 58; Maintenance & community, 79 against 47; Transparency & trust, 77 against 58.
- Mirror CLI, good for Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints. Ahead on Reliability, 37 against 31; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Amp | Mirror CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 37 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 58 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 47 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | Mirror CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Reflection |
| 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 | 2026-10-16 |
| 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 | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |