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Alternatives to Augment Code
22 software development tools sit alongside Augment Code in this directory. Below is what separates each from Augment Code on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 19
- Cheaper to start
- 16
- Augment Code starts at
- $100/month
Why people look past Augment Code
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Augment Code entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Augment Code starts at $100/month. Across the 14 software development tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $20.5/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Augment Code carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 19 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The agentic IDE
- Can be used without paying; Augment Code cannot.
- Starts $80 a month cheaper, at $20/month.
- 4 tiers to Augment Code's 2.
Code at the speed of thought
- Can be used without paying; Augment Code cannot.
- Starts $90 a month cheaper, at $10/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
The AI-first code editor
- Can be used without paying; Augment Code cannot.
- Starts $80 a month cheaper, at $20/month.
- 4 tiers to Augment Code's 2.
Amp
Amp is the frontier agent
- Starts $80 a monthly cheaper, at $20/monthly.
- 4 tiers to Augment Code's 2.
Command-line inner loop for Kubernetes: watch, build, push and deploy on every file save
- Can be used without paying; Augment Code cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Augment Code's 2.
Open-source feature flag and experimentation service
- Can be used without paying; Augment Code cannot.
- Starts $25 a month cheaper, at $75/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Every Augment Code alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augment Code (this page) | $100/month | Subscription | 2 | |
| WindsurfThe agentic IDE | Free, then $20/month | - | 4 | vs Augment Code |
| ZedCode at the speed of thought | Free, then $10/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Augment Code |
| CursorThe AI-first code editor | Free, then $20/month | - | 4 | vs Augment Code |
| AmpAmp is the frontier agent | $20/monthly | Subscription | 4 | vs Augment Code |
| Skaffold | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Augment Code |
| Unleash | Free, then $75/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Augment Code |
| TeamCity | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Augment Code |
| SonarQube Cloud | Free, then $34/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Flagsmith | Free, then $45/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| DeepSource | Free, then $24/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Codacy | Free, then $18/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Drizzle ORM | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Augment Code |
| Braintrust | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Humanloop | Free | Usage-based | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Bun | Free | Open-source | - | vs Augment Code |
| Langfuse | Free, then $29/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Augment Code |
| LangSmith | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Cline | Free | Usage-based | - | vs Augment Code |
| Qodo | Free, then $0.012/per credit | Usage-based | 3 | vs Augment Code |
| Val Town | Free, then $21/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Augment Code |
| Factory | $20/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Augment Code |
| Devin | On request | Subscription | - | vs Augment Code |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Augment Code badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (19)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Augment Code (16)
Entry price under Augment Code's $100/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Augment Code is most often brought in for ai-powered code completion, development tool integration, enterprise software development. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Augment Code is broadly right and the question is cost, the Augment Code pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Software Development category lists everything the directory holds, and best software development tools ranks them.
Augment Code runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Augment Code alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Augment Code?
- 22 other software development tools are listed in this directory, led by Windsurf, Zed, Cursor, Amp. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Augment Code?
- 19 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Windsurf, Zed, Cursor, Skaffold, Unleash.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Augment Code?
- Yes. 16 of the alternatives below start under Augment Code's $100/month: Windsurf at Free, then $20/month, Zed at Free, then $10/month, Cursor at Free, then $20/month, Amp at $20/monthly.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Augment Code?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Augment Code?
- Augment Code is most often brought in for ai-powered code completion, development tool integration, enterprise software development. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Augment Code?
- Drizzle ORM, Bun are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Augment Code alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software Development, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Augment Code against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Augment Code covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software development tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software Development category, 22 tools beside Augment Code. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.