# Amp vs Unstoppable

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

- Amp: grade C, 57.1/100, rank #717 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amp.json
- Unstoppable: grade F, 34.9/100, rank #1133 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/unstoppable.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/unstoppable.json
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## Which one, for what

### Amp (C)

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 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Amp | Unstoppable | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 31 | 45 | Unstoppable +14 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 30 | Amp +42 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 5 | Amp +64 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 36 | Amp +21 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | Amp +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 58 | Amp +21 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 58 | Amp +19 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **57.1 · C** | **34.9 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Amp | Unstoppable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Unstoppable Domains, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| 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 Unstoppable Domains, Inc.'s Terms of Service. No source published |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-23 |
| 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 |

## 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.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-unstoppable.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-unstoppable.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "amp", "b": "unstoppable"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare amp unstoppable`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amp.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/unstoppable.json

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