# Amp vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) (slim)

> Warp scores 59.8 (C) to Amp's 57.1 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) scores 59.8 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on security & auth, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Amp: C 57.1, rank #691 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md
- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API): C 59.8, rank #592 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.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 Security & auth, 57 against 52; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Transparency & trust, 77 against 72.
- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API), good for Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers. Ahead on Reliability, 52 against 31; Schema & documentation, 89 against 72; Maintenance & community, 84 against 79. Also Open source.

| Category | Amp | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 52 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 72 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amp | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Warp |
| Licence | Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private | Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-15 |
| 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 | 3.3/5 (4) |