--- title: Free Agent link: https://ampcode.com/news/free-agent source: ampcode-com published: 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z updated: 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z first_seen: 2026-10-03T23:09:50.514863041Z summary: 'Amp is now free to use when you bring your own compute and model subscriptions/keys. No monthly plan is required anymore to use your ChatGPT subscription with Amp. No BYOK token fees or limits for anyone (except our Enterprise tier). You pay us for orbs, our remote computers where your agents run independently and in parallel. Or you can use runners on your own computers to run your Amp agents for free. You can still pay for model inference through Amp if you want, with no markup. Here''s our new free Hobby tier and no-extra-charge Teams tier, which make it easier to get started with Amp and to get your whole team on it: See Pricing for full details, but let''s walk through what changes and what doesn''t. For Amp Megawatt & Gigawatt Members On average, Megawatt members get a 60% discount and Gigawatt members get a 65% discount on their Amp usage. It''s a great deal. You''ll keep getting the same heavily discounted orb usage and model usage each month, plus you can now feed your orbs with tokens from more places. With this change, you''re no longer effectively bound by the limits of your ChatGPT sub. You can tap other model providers or your company''s preferred AI gateway/provider (more on that below), all without any Amp token fees or limits. For Teams We''ve eliminated the biggest sources of friction you might hit when spreading Amp, cost-wise and security-wise. Now, you can invite everyone to your Amp workspace for free and feel the magic of Amp''s shared threads, shared portals, and multiplayer. Everyone can use Amp with ChatGPT subs or your company''s preferred AI gateway via BYOK, with no monthly fees. Power users can upgrade to paid tiers for big orb discounts, while everyone else in the workspace can remain on the free Hobby tier and consume your pooled workspace credits for orbs pay-as-you-go. Also, you get free SAML/OIDC SSO for the whole workspace if at least one member is on a paid tier. Finally, we''re now formally extending our zero and minimal data retention policy to all Amp users and workspaces, not just to our Enterprise tier. (Everyone was always covered by it for all Amp usage since we started, but until now we could only contractually guarantee that to our Enterprise customers.) One More Thing: More BYOK Options Update (September 30, 2026): These are now available to all Amp users on every tier. Set them up in Model Routing. Thank you so much to our Megawatt and Gigawatt members who got early access and gave us valuable feedback! Today, Amp Megawatt and Gigawatt members are also getting early access to more BYOK providers: OpenRouter Amazon Bedrock Google Cloud Agent Platform (f/k/a Vertex AI) Azure Foundry Vercel AI Gateway Cloudflare AI Gateway Ollama Cloud OpenCode Go Custom endpoint URLs To try these, configure them in Model Routing in personal settings or workspace settings.' content: extracted html: 2026-09-13-free-agent.html preview: file: 2026-09-13-free-agent.preview-7f73906b02d0.webp width: 256 height: 134 color: '#676055' images: - source: https://ampcode.com/og?_template=news&_version=7&title=Free+Agent&date=September+13%2C+2026&tagline=Amp+is+now+free+to+use+when+you+bring+your+own+compute+and+model+subscriptions%2Fkeys.&sig=793eca157332a124660f93f01c63f7eb95a571a85c49c1e9fa47e8fc0e1e6fa2 original: file: 2026-09-13-free-agent.image-8da84cd73a6b.png width: 1200 height: 630 variants: - file: 2026-09-13-free-agent.image-f4a8e83b1b84.webp width: 320 height: 168 - file: 2026-09-13-free-agent.image-7b367c0f9da6.webp width: 640 height: 336 - file: 2026-09-13-free-agent.image-fcbfde31bb0f.webp width: 960 height: 504 - file: 2026-09-13-free-agent.image-544df2e6d98c.webp width: 1200 height: 630 color: '#221b16' --- Amp is now free to use when you bring your own compute and model subscriptions/keys. - No monthly plan is required anymore to use your ChatGPT subscription with Amp. - No BYOK token fees or limits for anyone (except our Enterprise tier). You pay us for [orbs](https://ampcode.com/docs/orbs), our remote computers where your agents run independently and in parallel. Or you can use [runners](https://ampcode.com/docs/cli/runners) on your own computers to run your Amp agents for free. You *can* still pay for model inference through Amp if you want, with no markup. Here's our new free Hobby tier and no-extra-charge Teams tier, which make it easier to get started with Amp and to get your whole team on it: See [Pricing](https://ampcode.com/pricing) for full details, but let's walk through what changes and what doesn't. ## For Amp Megawatt & Gigawatt Members On average, Megawatt members get a 60% discount and Gigawatt members get a 65% discount on their Amp usage. It's a great deal. You'll keep getting the same heavily discounted orb usage and model usage each month, plus you can now feed your orbs with tokens from more places. With this change, you're no longer effectively bound by the limits of your ChatGPT sub. You can tap other model providers or your company's preferred AI gateway/provider (more on that below), all without any Amp token fees or limits. ## For Teams We've eliminated the biggest sources of friction you might hit when spreading Amp, cost-wise and security-wise. Now, you can invite everyone to your [Amp workspace](https://ampcode.com/workspace) for free and feel the magic of Amp's [shared threads](https://ampcode.com/docs/collaborate/workspaces), [shared portals](https://ampcode.com/docs/orbs/portals), and [multiplayer](https://ampcode.com/docs/collaborate/multiplayer). Everyone can use Amp with ChatGPT subs or your company's preferred AI gateway via BYOK, with no monthly fees. Power users can upgrade to paid tiers for big orb discounts, while everyone else in the workspace can remain on the free Hobby tier and consume your pooled workspace credits for orbs pay-as-you-go. Also, you get free SAML/OIDC SSO for the whole workspace if at least one member is on a paid tier. Finally, we're now formally extending our [zero and minimal data retention policy](https://ampcode.com/docs/enterprise/minimal-data-retention) to all Amp users and workspaces, not just to our Enterprise tier. (Everyone was always covered by it for all Amp usage since we started, but until now we could only contractually guarantee that to our Enterprise customers.) ## One More Thing: More BYOK Options **Update (September 30, 2026):** These are now available to all Amp users on every tier. Set them up in [Model Routing](https://ampcode.com/settings/model-routing). Thank you so much to our Megawatt and Gigawatt members who got early access and gave us valuable feedback! Today, Amp Megawatt and Gigawatt members are also getting early access to more BYOK providers: - OpenRouter - Amazon Bedrock - Google Cloud Agent Platform (f/k/a Vertex AI) - Azure Foundry - Vercel AI Gateway - Cloudflare AI Gateway - Ollama Cloud - OpenCode Go - Custom endpoint URLs To try these, configure them in **Model Routing** in [personal settings](https://ampcode.com/settings/model-routing) or [workspace settings](https://ampcode.com/workspace/model-routing).