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situationalBlueshift — gaining momentum

Sourcegraph's agentic coding product (not Cody) — subscription orbs plus linked ChatGPT/Grok usage.

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Amp is the product Sourcegraph actually pushes; Cody is the skip. $20 Megawatt includes agent usage and a pile of "orbs," and you can attach a ChatGPT or SuperGrok sub for extra tokens at no Amp markup. Closed, hosted, and still a second IDE habit. Cody remains a separate, enterprise-only card.

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Strengths

  • Sourcegraph's current agentic coding push, with Cody kept as a separate enterprise card.
  • $20 Megawatt bundles agent usage and orb-hours for a low entry price.
  • Attach an existing ChatGPT or SuperGrok subscription at no Amp markup.

Known limitations

  • No public free tier on the Amp pricing page.
  • Orb hours and included agent dollars are two different meters.
  • Max two subscriptions per human; orbs are not a resale compute pool.
  • Team workspace billing is manual — no auto-seat provisioning yet.

Use it when

  • Developers who want agentic coding inside a second IDE and already tolerate Sourcegraph.
  • Teams that already pay for ChatGPT or SuperGrok and want to reuse that spend.
  • Small teams that can live with manual workspace billing.

Skip it when

  • You need a free tier to evaluate before buying.
  • You expect orbs to act as a shared resale compute pool across the org.
  • You need auto-seat provisioning for a growing team.

Buy-check

  • ·Price — paid, Megawatt $20/mo (750 orb-hours, $20 included agent usage); Gigawatt $200/mo; unconstrained usage billing as of 2026-08-24. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
  • ·Free tier — No free tier — the trial clock starts at checkout.
  • ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
  • ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
  • ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You need a free tier to evaluate before buying.; You expect orbs to act as a shared resale compute pool across the org..

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Facts

pricing
paid1
price note
Megawatt $20/mo (750 orb-hours, $20 included agent usage); Gigawatt $200/mo; unconstrained usage billing
free tier
no
open source
no
api
yes
self-host
no
category
coding
evidence
source-verified
Models
bundled

Sources

  1. 1ampcode.com/pricing[snapshot]
  2. 2sourcegraph.com/docs/cody[snapshot]

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