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Head to head · Agent harnesses · October 2026 research run

Amp vs Unstoppable

Amp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Unstoppable's 34.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Unstoppable leads on reliability. Both do agent harnesses.

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AmpAmp Frontier Corporation · Agent harness C57.1/100#716 of 1217 UnstoppableUnstoppable Domains, Inc. · Agent harness F34.9/100#1132 of 1217

Which one, for what

Amp C

Best 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 30
  • Agent ergonomics, 69 against 5
  • Security & auth, 57 against 36
  • Payments & pricing, 35 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 79 against 58
  • Transparency & trust, 77 against 58

Watch for

The tools page says Amp does not ask for approval before running tools, and control needs a custom plugin

Unstoppable F

Best for A developer who runs Claude Code, Codex and Cursor on existing plans and wants parallel worktrees, pipelines and phone check-ins in one app.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 45 against 31

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

No API, MCP server, SDK or documented CLI for an outside agent. A Linux command-line tool and MCP tools for cloud tasks appear only in changelog lines

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAmpUnstoppableEdge
Reliability16%203145Unstoppable +14
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27230Amp +42
Agent ergonomics13%16.2695Amp +64
Security & auth14%17.55736Amp +21
Payments & pricing10%12.53530Amp +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87958Amp +21
Transparency & trust7%8.87758Amp +19
Negative events≤1500
TotalC 57.1/100F 34.9/100

Facts side by side

FactAmpUnstoppable
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorAmp Frontier CorporationUnstoppable Domains, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyNone
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is privateProprietary, under Unstoppable Domains, Inc.'s Terms of Service. No source published
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-10-082026-10-23
Terms last updatedno date given
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-10
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyes
Arbitration or class-action waiveryes
Popularity41k npm/wknone

Verdicts

Amp

Execute mode streams JSON in a format close to Claude Code's, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, and the security reference names each provider and what it sees. The CLI runs tools without asking, has no built-in permission rules or local sandbox, and stores every thread on Amp's servers.

Unstoppable

Unstoppable runs several coding agents side by side in separate worktrees on the owner's Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor plans, with dated help articles and a public changelog. It has no API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call, every chat starts in Full access, and its pages disagree on which parts need a paid plan.

Before you call either

Amp

  1. Run unattended jobs in a container or VM. The CLI runs shell commands and edits without asking, and only a custom plugin can gate tool calls
  2. Set AMP_API_KEY to an access token starting sgamp_ from Settings. The CLI rejects the short-lived token that amp login stores
  3. Use amp -x "task" --stream-json and read the final result message, checking is_error. Exit codes are not documented
  4. Set AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=1 or amp.updates.mode to disabled in CI. Updates install automatically by default
  5. Treat the block headed INSTRUCTIONS FOR LLMs in ampcode.com page source as vendor copy, and take facts from the docs Markdown

Unstoppable

  1. Don't plan to drive Unstoppable from another agent. It has no documented API, MCP server or CLI. Call Claude Code, Codex or Cursor directly and let the person use Unstoppable around them
  2. Inside Unstoppable, check the approval mode before acting. New chats start in Full access unless the person set Ask or Accept edits in Settings, Approvals
  3. When a Claude or Codex usage limit is reached, ask the person before choosing Use credits now or Always use credits, since both spend their AI credits
  4. Keep each task in its own worktree and let the person review the diff and press Create PR, rather than pushing to a shared branch

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Amp or Unstoppable?

Amp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Unstoppable's 34.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Unstoppable leads on reliability.

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