Warp
Agentic development environment terminal
The Lens
By Erik Loyd, SaaS CEO and former COO/CFO of an AWS Premier Partner.
Updated Aug 2026
Warp went open source. The client landed on GitHub in April 2026 under AGPL v3, with the warpui_core and warpui crates under MIT, and the project now calls itself an agentic development environment rather than a terminal. You can clone it and build it yourself on macOS, Linux, or Windows.
What did not open up is the money. Warp's agent runs on credits, and the free tier no longer includes full agent access. Build is $20/mo ($18 annually) for 1,500 credits, Max is $200/mo for 18,000, and Business is $50/user/mo up to 25 seats with SAML SSO, bring your own API keys, and team usage metrics. Enterprise adds admin controls and self-hosted cloud agents.
Solo: the free tier is a demo now; budget $20/mo if the agent is why you are here. Small and medium teams: per-seat Build beats Business until SSO matters. Large: Business or Enterprise, where SSO and admin controls live.
The catch: the generous free tier was the reason to recommend Warp, and it is not that anymore. An AGPL client does not help when the agent calls a server you cannot run. ghostty-org/ghostty and kovidgoyal/kitty are fully open GPU terminals, no account, no credits.
Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid
open coreFree
The client source is now open: AGPL v3 for most of the repository, MIT for the warpui_core and warpui crates. You can build and run it yourself. The Free plan itself is limited: no full Warp Agent access, with credits reloadable at pay-as-you-go rates. Core terminal features (blocks, modern input editing, themes, personal Warp Drive) remain free.
Paid
Build: $20/mo, or $18/mo billed annually. 1,500 credits, described as about $20 of included agent usage at API rates. Full Warp Agent access. Max: $200/mo, or $180/mo annually. 18,000 credits, 12x the included usage of Build. Business: $50/user/mo, or $45/user/mo annually, up to 25 seats. 1,500 credits per seat, plus SAML SSO, bring your own API keys and custom inference, and team usage metrics. Enterprise: custom. Shared credit pools, enterprise admin controls, self-hosted cloud agents. All plans run under zero data retention agreements with the LLM providers.
Self-Hosted Costs
You can build the client from source (./script/bootstrap then ./script/run), but the agent orchestration and cloud services stay proprietary, so self-hosting gets you a terminal, not the agent. Enterprise is the only plan with self-hosted cloud agents.
When to Pay
Take Build at $20/mo if the agent is the reason you use Warp, because the free tier no longer covers it. Move to Business at $50/user/mo only when SAML SSO, BYO keys, or team usage metrics become requirements. Skip paying entirely if you want a fast terminal without an account: ghostty-org/ghostty and kovidgoyal/kitty cost nothing and gate nothing.
Client is AGPL open source now, but the agent is credit-metered. Free is a demo; Build is $20/mo, Business $50/user/mo.
What to do by team size
- Solo
- Build at $20/mo; the free tier no longer includes full agent access
- Small team
- per-seat Build at $20/mo until SSO becomes a requirement
- Medium team
- Business at $50/user/mo once shared usage metrics and BYO keys matter
- Large team
- Business or Enterprise; SAML SSO and admin controls are gated there
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