Best Augment Code Alternatives in 2026
30 AI tools that can replace Augment Code, ranked by how much of what Augment Code does they cover. The percentage is a match score, not a popularity score.
Replacing: Augment Code — Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs softwarInput: text, code · Output: code
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Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $4/mo
80%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals20/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 3 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI AgentsCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
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Ellipsis is a managed cloud platform for running coding agents.
Input: text, code · Output: code
From $5,000/moAPITeams
85%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals20/25
- Feature description similarity10/20
Shared goals 3 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI AgentsCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
3
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals20/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 3 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI AgentsCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
4
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $20/mo
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
5
OpenHands is an open-source, model-agnostic platform for running coding agents in the cloud.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planTeams
83%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals20/25
- Feature description similarity8/20
Shared goals 3 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI AgentsCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
6
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $20/mo
75%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
7
Over a million developers already use Qoder
Input: text, images, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $20/mo
74%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity5/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
8
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $20/moAPITeams
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity7/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
9
Factory is an agent-native software development platform built around autonomous coding agents called Droids.
Input: text, code · Output: code
From $20/moAPITeams
81%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity12/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
10
Engineering teams get a browser-based system that handles code from multiple angles
Input: text, code · Output: code, apps
Free planFrom $19/moTeams
80%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals20/25
- Feature description similarity5/20
Shared goals 3 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI AgentsCode Review
Also tagged for
App Building
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
11
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planAPI
73%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
12
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $19/mo
72%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
13
GoCodeo writes your code and deploys it to Vercel in one motion
Input: text, images, code · Output: code, apps
Free planFrom $9/mo
74%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingSoftware Testing
Also tagged for
App Building
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
14
Verdent AI operates as a multi-agent coding system where several AI assistants work in parallel rather than sequentially
Input: text, code · Output: code, apps
Free planFrom $5/mo
72%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
15
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free plan
72%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
16
Google Antigravity assumes you already think in agent-driven workflows
Input: text, code · Output: code, apps
Free plan
71%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
17
Kiro is an agentic engineering environment for developers and teams.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $20/moTeams
78%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity8/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingSoftware Testing
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
18
Tempo is an IDE for whole product teams, built so designers, product managers and engineers work in one place on the real codebase.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $50/moTeams
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity7/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Also tagged for
UX Design
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
19
You get code generated fast—no need to pick a single AI provider
Input: text, images, audio, code · Output: code
Free plan
72%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
20
AI that knows your codebase
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $16,000/mo
69%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity5/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
21
71%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingSoftware Testing
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
22
69%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity5/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
23
AI pair programming in your terminal
Input: text, images, audio, code, web pages · Output: code
Free plan
68%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
24
It provides a chat interface that is aware of the code in the open files, automatic completions as you type, and generation or transformation of whole functions and files on demand.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $19/moTeams
75%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingCode Review
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
25
75%Strong alternative · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals14/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 2 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
CodingAI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
26
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $15/mo
67%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
27
68%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
28
Developers lose 30 seconds each time they switch AI providers or undo a bad code suggestion
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $12/mo
70%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
29
66%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
30
Builder.io is a collaborative platform where engineers, designers, product managers and marketers work from one codebase with AI agents.
Input: text, images, code · Output: code, apps
Free planFrom $24/moAPIBrowser extensionTeams
73%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Augment Code
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Augment Code's goals9/25
- Feature description similarity9/20
Shared goals 1 of the 4 we tag Augment Code for
Coding
Also tagged for
App BuildingWebsite Building
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
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Best Augment Code alternatives by goal
Every goal has its own ranked list — the match score is recomputed for that job alone.
At a glance: top Augment Code alternatives
| Tool | Match | Input | Output | Pricing | Free plan | Rating | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 80% | text, code | code | From $4/mo | Yes | — | AI Coding Assistant |
| Ellipsis | 85% | text, code | code | From $5,000/mo | No | — | AI Coding Assistant |
| Claude Code | 77% | text, code | code | From $17/mo | Yes | — | AI Coding Assistant |
| OpenAI Codex | 76% | text, code | code | From $20/mo | Yes | — | AI Coding Assistant |
| OpenHands | 83% | text, code | code | Free | Yes | — | AI Coding Assistant |
| Cursor | 75% | text, code | code | From $20/mo | Yes | — | AI Coding Assistant |
Frequently asked
What is the best Augment Code alternative?
GitHub Copilot (80% match) is the closest alternative to Augment Code: Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase. Ellipsis (85% match) and Claude Code (77% match) come next.
Is there a free alternative to Augment Code?
Yes. 28 of the 30 ranked alternatives have a free plan or free tier, including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex.
What is the best Augment Code alternative for automating tasks with agents?
CrewAI ranks first for automating tasks with agents at 81% match. See the full list of Augment Code alternatives for AI Agents.
What is the best Augment Code alternative for testing software?
CoTester by TestGrid ranks first for testing software at 79% match. See the full list of Augment Code alternatives for Software Testing.
What is the best Augment Code alternative for reviewing code?
Qodo (Formerly Codium) ranks first for reviewing code at 82% match. See the full list of Augment Code alternatives for Code Review.
How is the match percentage calculated?
It measures how much of Augment Code's job a tool can take over: shared core category, how many of the same use cases it covers and how similar its feature set is. Popularity and ratings never change the percentage; they only break ties in the order. Lists are recomputed nightly and reviewed by editors for the most-visited tools.
How this list is ranked
The match score measures how much of Augment Code's job each tool can take over: shared core category, how many of the same use cases it covers, and how similar its feature set is. Popularity and ratings do not change the score; they only break ties in the order.
Lists are recomputed nightly from the live catalog and reviewed by our editors for the most-visited tools. Sponsored placements are marked and sit outside the ranking.