Augment Code
Also known as: Auggie CLI, Context Engine, Cosmos
AI coding assistant evolving into an AI-native engineering platform. Cosmos (June 2026) adds specialized agent teams coordinating across the full SDLC with shared memory, MCP/webhook integrations, and multi-agent orchestration.
Augment Code is an AI coding platform aimed at large, complex codebases and at engineering organizations rather than individual developers. Its central idea is that most AI coding tools fail at scale because they search by keyword and either guess from a single open file or flood the model with irrelevant files; Augment's answer is a proprietary Context Engine that semantically maps a codebase by structure, tracking what calls what, what is active, and what is deprecated across repositories, libraries, documentation, and history.
That engine feeds a set of agents that behave less like autocomplete and more like a senior teammate. In VS Code and JetBrains, the agent turns a natural-language task into edits and pull requests, working through multi-step plans with persistent memory of the project. A terminal tool, the Auggie CLI, brings the same capability to the command line and to CI pipelines in a headless mode, and a first-party review bot reviews pull requests with full codebase awareness, catching subtle cross-service bugs and offering one-click fixes. A macOS workspace called Intent coordinates multiple agents around a living spec, where a coordinator breaks a task down and delegates to specialists that run in isolated workspaces and keep the spec aligned as work completes.
Augment is model-agnostic and built to keep cost down, routing work to the most suitable model and supplying only the slice of context a task actually needs, which reduces both wasted tokens and hallucination. Because the Context Engine is exposed over the Model Context Protocol, its codebase understanding can also be plugged into other agents and clients, and the platform connects to tools like Jira, Linear, Notion, and GitHub.
The product is built for regulated, security-conscious organizations. It carries SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 certification, does not train on customer code, and offers customer-managed encryption, zero data retention, VPC and single-tenant deployment, sandboxed agent execution, single sign-on, role-based access, and audit logging. Pricing is based on shared team credit pools rather than per-seat licenses. Augment's focus is squarely on the problems that appear when many engineers and many agents work in the same large system: architectural reasoning, shared knowledge, and consistency across services.
Vendor details
Canonical URL
https://www.augmentcode.com/
Category
Coding agent
Company status
independent
Use cases & customers
Target customers
Deployment options
In practice
Your payment system spans hundreds of thousands of files across dozens of services, and ordinary assistants hallucinate on it. Augment's Context Engine maps the whole codebase semantically, so its agent reasons about cross-service impact instead of guessing from one file.
A refactor needs to stay consistent across seventeen files without breaking callers. Augment's IDE agent plans the change, applies it with full dependency awareness, and opens a pull request you can review.
You're in a regulated org where code can't train external models or leave your perimeter. Augment carries SOC 2 and ISO 42001 certification, never trains on your code, and offers VPC deployment with customer-managed keys.
Agentic Index coverage score
10.5 / 14 capabilities · 75%
| Integrations & Tool CallingAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
|---|---|
| Workflow OrchestrationAugment Code — Cosmos launch announcement | Full |
| Knowledge Grounding & RAGAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
| Human Oversight & GuardrailsAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Unable to verify |
| Security, Identity & GovernanceAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
| Observability & AuditabilityAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
| Memory & State PersistenceAugment Code — Cosmos launch announcement | Full |
| Deployment & Data ResidencyAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
| Prebuilt Agents, Templates & PacksAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Partial |
| Triggers & Channel CoverageAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Partial |
| Model Flexibility & RoutingAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
| APIs, SDKs & MCP ExtensibilityAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Full |
| Testing, Debugging & OptimizationAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Partial |
| Browser & Computer UseAgentic AI Index Expansion Evidence Report | Unable to verify |
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Recent platform changes
Augment Code released Cosmos Week 30, introducing session forking to branch conversations from completed turns and cost analytics with detailed charts for enterprise organizations. The release also expanded the Model Context Protocol (MCP) catalog with Google Workspace integrations and added Claude Fable 5 to the available model picker.
Bears on: Observability / auditability
View sourceAugment Code released Auggie CLI 0.33.0, introducing cloud triggers to enable or disable persistent workflow triggers and a worker sessions view to display child worker processes. The update also improves Model Context Protocol (MCP) reliability with proactive usability probing, automated secret scrubbing, and dynamic tool list refreshing.
Bears on: Workflow orchestration
View sourceCybersecurity firm Wiz publicly disclosed "GhostApproval," a technique allowing malicious code repositories to trick AI coding assistants into modifying files outside of their intended workspaces using symbolic links. While several competitors issued patches, Augment Code disputed the vulnerability classification, stating that this behavior aligns with its product design since agents inherently operate under user credentials. The company declined to issue a patch or implement an isolation fix for symlink abuse.
Bears on: Security / enterprise
View sourcePricing
From $100/mo flat · Business (up to 50 seats)
hybrid
Included quota
Trial: 30,000 credits (one-time, credit card required). Business ($100/mo flat): up to 50 seats, $100 of usage included, Context Engine, Remote Agents, CLI automation, MCP + 100+ native tools, Code Review, SOC 2 Type II, no-training-on-your-code. Enterprise (custom): bespoke credit limits, SSO/OIDC/SCIM, volume-based annual discounts, Slack integration, ISO 42001 + CMEK compliance, security reports, dedicated support. (The former Indie $20 / Standard $60 / Max $200 individual credit tiers were retired in 2026.)
What is public
Augment Code (augmentcode.com - AI coding platform for large/complex codebases, built on its Context Engine that indexes 100K-500K files across dozens of repos) consolidated its pricing in 2026: the official page now shows ONE flat Business plan plus custom Enterprise. As of June 2026, Business is $100/mo flat (up to 50 seats, with $100 of usage included); Enterprise is custom (bespoke credit limits, SSO/SCIM, CMEK, ISO 42001). The official page frames the $100 in dollars: LLM at the provider's public API list price + a flat 40% service fee on LLM usage (no fee on compute) + Cosmos compute time; credit-based underneath (since Oct 20, 2025) - different models/operations consume different credits. A 30,000-credit trial (credit card required) is the entry; there is no permanent free monthly tier. (The former Indie $20 / Standard $60 / Max $200 individual tiers were RETIRED in 2026 after a March 31, 2026 completions sunset; some third-party listings still show that old 5-tier model.)
Billing mechanics
Credit-based metering (since Oct 20, 2025): a 'credit' reflects actual AI resource consumption, so cost varies by model and task complexity (e.g., a 'fix a 500 error' task runs ~293 credits on Sonnet, ~88 on Haiku, ~488 on Opus; small-to-complex tasks span ~14.5x, and tool calls drive most consumption). The current Business plan is a flat $100/mo (up to 50 seats) with $100 of usage included - the official page meters that $100 in dollars as LLM list price + a flat 40% service fee on LLM (no fee on compute) + Cosmos compute. Beyond the included $100, auto top-up bills $15 per 24,000 credits (~$0.000625/credit, pay-as-you-go at plan rates). Plan credits don't roll over; purchased top-up credits stay valid 12 months. Credits/usage are pooled across the team (no per-seat charge).
Cost watchouts
Credit velocity is the real cost driver, not sticker price - a single complex task can eat thousands of credits, and NOT manually switching to cheaper models (Haiku vs Sonnet vs Opus) 'lights credits on fire' (one user burned 51,000+ credits in a day; an extreme heavy user approached ~$15K/mo); plan credits don't roll over (underuse = overpay); the 2025-26 pricing migrations (message-to-credit, then completions sunset, then individual-tier retirement) eroded user trust; no permanent free monthly tier
Variable cost rationale
High and model-dependent - credits scale with task complexity and (heavily) with model choice; everyday completions are light, but daily Agent use runs ~$60-$200/mo of usage and Remote-Agent/CLI power users exceed $200+/mo; the flat Business base ($100 incl. usage) caps the floor but auto top-up scales the ceiling
Additional watchouts
Repeated, trust-eroding pricing churn in 2025-26 (message-to-credit, completions sunset, individual-tier retirement - 'following Cursor's footsteps' per users); credit-burn anxiety for moderate users; you must actively manage model selection to control cost; only justified for large multi-repo/legacy codebases (overkill + overpriced if your context fits in a smaller window); no permanent free monthly tier
Overage / add-ons
When the included usage/credit pool is exhausted, auto top-up kicks in at $15 per 24,000 credits (same pay-as-you-go rate as your plan, no throttling/slow mode); top-up credits are valid 12 months; monthly plan credits reset with no rollover. Enterprise negotiates bespoke credit limits + volume discounts.
Sales call required
Mixed (some tiers require a call)
Free / trial
30,000-credit trial (card required)
Lowest paid plan
Business $100/mo flat (up to 50 seats)
Commercial notes
Differentiator is the Context Engine - indexes 100K-500K files across dozens of repos (unmatched scale in the AI-coding space), built for large/legacy monorepos; also ships Remote Agents, CLI automation, and Intent (agent-first, multi-agent Coordinator/Implementor/Verifier, macOS); median buyer ~$1,000/yr (community-reported); competes with Cursor, GitHub Copilot (6x cheaper at entry), Claude Code Max (the flat-rate alternative departing users cite), Tabnine, Devin
Key ambiguities
Pricing changed repeatedly and recently - message-based to credit-based (Oct 2025), inline completions sunset on individual tiers (March 31, 2026), then the Indie/Standard/Max individual plans RETIRED, leaving Business ($100/mo flat) + Enterprise (per the official page, June 2026); some third-party listings still show the old 5-tier credit model (Trial/Indie $20/Standard $60/Max $200/Enterprise); per-task credit consumption isn't published as benchmarks (request from sales)
Cancellation / refund
30,000-credit trial (credit card required); Business is self-serve flat $100/mo; Enterprise is custom-contracted (annual, volume discounts); top-up credits valid 12 months; plan credits don't roll over
Support SLA / resale
Standard support (Business); Enterprise adds dedicated support, SSO/OIDC/SCIM, Slack integration, security reports, ISO 42001 + CMEK; SOC 2 Type II and no-training-on-your-code across paid plans; integrates with VS Code + JetBrains, GitHub for code review; MCP + 100+ native tools
Missing data
Per-task/model credit-consumption benchmarks aren't published (request from sales). As of June 2026 the individual Indie/Standard/Max tiers were retired (following a March 31, 2026 completions sunset); the official page now shows a single flat Business plan ($100/mo, up to 50 seats, $100 usage included) plus custom Enterprise, with no permanent free monthly tier (30,000-credit trial only).
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