Amp announces Amp Free: an ad‑supported, data‑sharing coding mode
October 15, 2025 — Amp introduced Amp Free, a new mode that offers no‑cost access to agentic coding capabilities by combining ad support with the sharing of free‑usage data for model training. The mode is intended to broaden access to Amp’s programming agents while preserving the paid smart tier for unconstrained frontier model use.
What Amp Free delivers
Amp Free pairs a system prompt and tools with a mix of top OSS models, frontier models with limited context windows, and pre‑release models under test. The implementation pulls on surplus capacity from multiple model providers, so the exact model used may vary and sometimes be obfuscated at the provider’s request.
Key features:
- Free and ad‑supported: Ads from launch partners fund the mode, while the core assistant interactions remain separate from advertising content.
- Training data sharing required for free usage: Free interactions are used by Amp and its inference partners to train models; users must opt in to take advantage of Amp Free.
- Targeted, interactive assistance: Ads are targeted based on the codebase, and the assistant can help try an advertiser’s product within the project when available.
Launch advertisers include Axiom, Baseten, Buildkite, Chainguard, Graphite, Parallel, PlanetScale, Prisma, Roboflow, Tailwind Labs, turbopuffer, and WorkOS. An image listing the launch partners is available on Amp’s site: 
Limits, availability, and scope
Amp Free is designed for interactive use in the editor and CLI. There are rate limits, and the mode is unavailable to enterprise workspaces or any workspace that has disabled Training Mode. Amp may throttle signups to manage scale, with priority given to existing Amp users and those with paid usage.
Model selection is dynamic: because the mode relies on discounted token capacity from multiple providers, Amp Free cannot guarantee use of any particular model at all times. Providers occasionally request that model names be obfuscated.
How to enable and where to learn more
Amp Free can be enabled after signing in and installing Amp. The mode is selectable via the CLI with /mode free, or by choosing free in the prompt field of the Amp editor extension. Getting started instructions are available at Amp’s manual: https://ampcode.com/manual#getting-started.
Organisations interested in advertising to Amp Free users or providing inference capacity can apply through Amp’s partnership page: Contact us.
For full details, see the original announcement: https://ampcode.com/news/amp-free
