Sourcegraph Amp vs Continue

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Sourcegraph Amp

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AI Coding

Sourcegraph Amp is Sourcegraph's frontier-model coding agent built for monorepos, with live access to the Sourcegraph code graph and MCP support.

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Open-source AI coding extension for VS Code and JetBrains — bring any model, configure custom rules, share assistants across your team.

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Feature	Sourcegraph Amp	Continue
Category	AI Coding	AI Coding
Pricing Plans	98 tiers	36 tiers
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Key Features	• Frontier-model agent grounded in Sourcegraph's code graph • Monorepo-scale code intelligence: references, call sites, dependencies • Shared threads between VS Code and CLI	• Multi-model AI support including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and local models • Native IDE extensions for VS Code and JetBrains with smooth workflow integration • MCP server connectivity for development toolchain integration

✓Monorepo code-graph grounding beats embedding-only competitors on large repos.
✓Pass-through token pricing rewards heavy use instead of capping it.
✓Shared threads across VS Code and CLI match how senior engineers actually work.

✗No managed model — you bring API keys, which is friction for team buyers.
✗VS Code extension is newer and less polished than the established Cody extension.
✗CLI is powerful but documentation still lags the product roadmap.

✓Open-source under Apache 2.0 — no vendor lock-in or proprietary protocols
✓Genuinely supports JetBrains as a first-class citizen, not an afterthought
✓YAML config and Continue Hub make team-wide standardization trivial
✓Transparent pricing: $3/M tokens Starter, $20/seat/month Team — no hidden seat costs
✓Mix local and hosted models in one extension — cheap autocomplete, expensive chat
✓Strong on-prem story for regulated enterprises (BYOK, internal proxies, no telemetry)

✗Less polished UX than closed-source competitors like Cursor or GitHub Copilot
✗Agent mode is younger than Cline's and has fewer guardrails
✗Hub assistants quality varies — vetting community configs takes effort
✗$3/M tokens Starter is competitive but not the cheapest if you BYO API keys directly

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