Alternatives to Augment Code
An AI software development platform with agents, a CLI and a context engine for large codebases. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Augment Code
An AI software development platform with agents, a CLI and a context engine for large codebases.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Augment Code.
Factory
AI coding agents called Droids that plan, build, review and ship code from desktop, terminal and web.
Factory offers agents on desktop, web and CLI with automated code review, a choice of models, and team analytics and governance, also aimed at enterprise teams.
Devin
An autonomous AI coding agent that works on engineering tasks and delivers ready-to-merge pull requests.
Devin is a web-based autonomous agent that delivers ready-to-merge pull requests and runs several agents in parallel, but it offers no CLI.
Claude Code
Agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands.
Claude Code works directly in your repository from the terminal, IDEs, desktop and web on a paid Claude plan, suiting individuals as well as teams.
Cody Enterprise
Enterprise AI coding assistant grounded in Sourcegraph's codebase context.
Cody Enterprise grounds suggestions in Sourcegraph's code intelligence for codebase context, but it requires a Sourcegraph deployment and has enterprise-only pricing.
Amp
Coding agent that runs from a CLI on your machine or unattended in hosted environments called orbs.
Amp is freemium with a CLI and hosted orbs where agents keep running unattended, plus event-driven automations, though pricing is not stated on its homepage.
Zencoder
AI coding agents for planning, writing, testing and reviewing code in a desktop app or IDE.
Zencoder uses different models for planning, building and review in a desktop app or IDE, running tests and linting on every change, on a subscription.
Cursor
An AI code editor built on VS Code, with coding agents that plan and carry out tasks.
Cursor is a VS Code-based editor with multi-file agents, codebase indexing and cloud agents, with a free tier and a paid plan for heavier use.
GitHub Copilot
An AI coding assistant from GitHub that suggests code and carries out coding tasks in editors and terminals.
GitHub Copilot works in Visual Studio Code, a macOS app and a CLI and ties into GitHub workflows, with a free tier and code processed on GitHub's service.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Augment Code as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Jules
Google's asynchronous coding agent that works on GitHub repositories in a cloud VM and opens pull requests.
Augment Code is a paid platform with cloud agents and a CLI built around a context engine for large codebases, aimed at organisations.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CodeRabbit
An AI code review service that comments on pull requests with line-by-line suggestions and chat.
Qodo
An AI code review service that checks pull requests and IDE changes against full codebase context.
Greptile
An AI code reviewer that indexes your whole codebase and comments on pull requests.
Bito
A service that routes coding-agent requests to suitable models and adds codebase context to cut costs.
Vibe Kanban
A Kanban board for planning, running and reviewing work done by AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex.
Pieces
A desktop app that builds a searchable AI memory of your work and feeds context to other AI tools.
