Amp vs Conductor
Quick facts, side by side. Data checked 2026-10-15.
| Amp | Conductor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free Hobby tier (pay-as-you-go orb time); Megawatt $20/month | Free (local); Pro $50/mo; Teams $60/user/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Usage limits | Megawatt includes 45,000 orb minutes (750 hours) per month | Cloud workspace hours on Pro not quantified ('a bunch'); cloud sandboxes are 8 CPU / 16 GB; usage-based cloud pricing planned |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | CLI, Editor extension, Web, iOS, macOS | macOS |
| Mobile app | Yes | Pro only |
| Automations | Yes | No |
| Agents | Amp (its own agent; picks models for you) | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode |
In short: Amp: Full coding agent (spun out of Sourcegraph) rather than an orchestrator; Orbs are per-thread cloud machines that can run on schedules.
Conductor: Polished macOS app (Melty Labs, YC S24) for running parallel coding agents in isolated worktrees with checkpoints and rollback; Pro adds cloud workspaces.
Conductor: Polished macOS app (Melty Labs, YC S24) for running parallel coding agents in isolated worktrees with checkpoints and rollback; Pro adds cloud workspaces.
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