Claude Code vs Anthropic Claude API vs Amp

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Claude Code
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Competitor 1
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 2
Amp
Competitor 3
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Your tool Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Competitor Amp
ampcode.com
Amp is a coding agent and development environment for engineers who want agents running independently.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 6.8%
▼ 39.4%
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6-month growth
+106.6%
-43.4%
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Global rank web
#434
#3,345
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Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
25.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
64%
67%
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Pages / visit
2.2
1.8
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Visit duration
2m 36s
1m 35s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
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Claude CodeAnthropic Claude APIAmp
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8M1M10M100M1BClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Hobby FreeIndividual (Megawatt) $20/moGigawatt CustomTeams Custom+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeTextVideo
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
4
4
Coding
Agents
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Terminal
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Development
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APIs
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Large language models
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Refactoring
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Prompts
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