Amp Orbs Can Now Run on Your Own Infrastructure
Amp now lets you run its orbs, the remote machines where coding agents do their work, on your own infrastructure. The amp orb provider command relays spawn, pause, and delete requests from Amp to a dispatch program you write. Teams that want agents on their own servers should note the setup model and the October 29 pricing change.
Key points
- Run amp orb provider in your environment with the token copied from your workspace's Custom Orb Provider settings.
- Write a dispatch program that handles spawn, pause, and delete, or deploy the Helm chart on GKE, EKS, or AKS.
- Your compute must start machines quickly, resume them just as fast, and scale to zero when idle.
- The example images can be replaced with any Linux image where amp orb bootstrap can start.
- Self-hosted orbs are free for every workspace until October 29; enterprises pay standard orb pricing after that.
Amp now lets you run its orbs, the remote machines where an agent does its work, on your own compute. You start amp orb provider inside your network, and it waits for Amp to request that an orb be spawned, paused, or deleted. A dispatch program you write decides how each request is carried out, using whatever platform you already run. Your infrastructure needs to start machines quickly, resume paused ones just as fast, keep them around for long periods, and scale them to zero.
Amp also provides a Helm chart for GKE, EKS, and AKS that takes over the dispatch logic. The company says most teams should not bother: self-hosting targets enterprises with data residency rules, internal network access needs, or custom hardware. Self-hosted orbs are free for individuals and teams for now, and enterprises begin paying standard orb pricing on October 29.
Real-world use
- An enterprise team whose regulations require agent code to run only in its own region.
- A project where the agent must reach internal databases or services on a private network.
- A workload that needs custom hardware attached, which hosted orbs cannot provide.
Why it matters
If you work at an enterprise, you can now decide where the agent's machines run and what network they can reach. For individuals, Amp's hosted orbs remain the simpler path, and the free self-hosted window ends on October 29.