Amp vs Factory (2026): Which Vibe Coding App Is Better?

Both are popular terminal coding agents. Here is how Amp and Factory stack up on price, strengths and weaknesses, and which one we would pick.

Amp

Frontier coding agent for the terminal and editor, from the makers of Sourcegraph

8.2 /10

Pricing: Free plan, paid from $20/mo

Pros

Strong results on hard, multi-step tasks
Shared threads for team review
Subagents and AGENTS.md built in

Cons

Usage-based costs add up on large tasks
Fewer configuration knobs by design

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Factory

Droids: coding agents for the terminal, IDE and CI from Factory

7.8 /10

Pricing: Paid from $20/mo

Pros

Works across terminal, IDE, Slack and CI
Team and enterprise controls
Custom droids for repeatable jobs

Cons

Aimed more at teams than hobbyists
Pricing based on usage tokens

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Amp vs Factory at a glance

	Amp	Factory
Editor score	8.2 / 10	7.8 / 10
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Starting price	$20/mo	$20/mo
Reader upvotes	0	0
Best for	terminal, agent	agent, enterprise
Agent Skills support	Yes	Yes
Subagents support	Yes	Yes
MCP support	Yes	Yes
AGENTS.md support	Yes	Yes
Plugins support	Yes	Yes
Hooks support	No	Yes
Rules support	No	No
Agent skills in this directory	47	46
Subagents & agents in this directory	9	7
MCP servers in this directory	72	72

Our pick

Amp edges it with a score of 8.2 versus 7.8. Amp is the better fit if you value: strong results on hard, multi-step tasks, shared threads for team review. Choose Factory instead if you need: works across terminal, ide, slack and ci, team and enterprise controls.