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Augment Code.

AI coding agent with a context engine indexed on large codebases, available in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and a CLI.

Paidby Augment Computing, Inc.
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76Avg fit

Best fit

Software engineering agents

85/100

Category
Developer tools
Pricing
Paid, from $20/mo
Popularity
64/100
Setup
Moderate
Listing
Needs verification
augmentcode.com
Augment Code website
Homepage, captured October 2026

Overview

What it does.

Augment Code is an AI coding assistant and agent whose main feature is a context engine that indexes an entire codebase, including large monorepos, so completions, chat and agent tasks understand existing modules, conventions and dependencies. It runs inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and Vim, and ships a terminal agent called Auggie that can plan and execute multi-file changes, run tests and open pull requests. Remote agents can work on cloud branches in parallel while the developer continues locally. It integrates with GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion and MCP servers so the agent can read tickets and documentation during a task. Small product teams with an older or larger codebase use it where generic assistants lose context. A pilot is one developer on the Indie plan for a month, tracking credits used per completed ticket. Caveat: usage is metered through credits that different actions consume at different rates, so monthly cost is hard to predict until the team has a few weeks of data.

Pricing
Credit-card trial with 30,000 credits, no permanent free tier; Indie $20/month (40,000 credits); Standard $60/month (130,000 credits); Max $200/month (450,000 credits); Enterprise custom (Oct 2026, third-party trackers).
Works with
VS CodeJetBrainsGitHubLinearJiraSlackNotionMCP
Features
Agentic codingCode completionCodebase automationIntegrationsRepo awareness
Checked
October 2026

Fit

Where it fitsbest.

Open top use case
Use caseFitEffortRisk
  • Software engineering agents

    Delegating scoped tickets in a large codebase to an agent that already understands the repo structure.

    2-4 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · moderate

    85Best fit
    MediumMedium
  • Code generation

    Context-aware completions and chat that follow the conventions of the existing codebase.

    1-3 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · moderate

    82Strong
    MediumMedium
  • Code review

    Asking the agent to explain a diff or find regressions before opening a PR.

    2-4 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · moderate

    60Review
    MediumMedium

Verdict

Who it suits.Who it doesn’t.

Best for

  • Developers working in large or legacy codebases where codebase-wide context matters more than raw completion speed.
  • Context-aware completions and chat that follow the conventions of the existing codebase.
  • Asking the agent to explain a diff or find regressions before opening a PR.
  • Delegating scoped tickets in a large codebase to an agent that already understands the repo structure.

Not ideal for

  • Hobbyists or teams that want a free tier, since every plan beyond the trial is paid and credit-metered.
  • Indexing very large repos takes time on first setup.
  • It is not an automated PR reviewer like CodeRabbit or Graphite.
  • Credit consumption on long agent runs can exhaust a plan quickly.

Pays back on

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  • 01Speed up code scaffolding
  • 02Delegate scoped software engineering work
  • 03Improve code review preparation
  • 04Prototype apps and internal tools faster
  • 05Reduce code security review bottlenecks

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