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An AI code-quality tool, formerly CodiumAI, that writes tests for existing code and reviews pull requests automatically.
An AI coding assistant built to understand very large, real-world codebases in depth, aimed at established engineering teams.
Augment Code is an AI coding assistant built around deep context on large, established codebases rather than small demo projects. It indexes a company's repositories to ground its chat, code completion, and code-change suggestions in the actual patterns and conventions already used in that codebase. It targets professional engineering teams at established companies more than individual developers or early-stage startups. Pricing is enterprise-oriented and quote-based.
This fits a larger engineering organization with a big, mature codebase, where generic AI suggestions often miss existing internal patterns and conventions; it is less suited to small, greenfield projects with little existing code to learn from. Pilot it against a general-purpose competitor on real tickets from your own backlog, since claimed context advantages should be verified on your own code, not just a demo. Request a specific quote and security review from the vendor before committing.
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These estimates cover licensing, setup, integrations, staff time, security, administration, and support.
| Cost measure | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-year total | $10K | $16.2K | $26.7K |
| Three-year total | $18.6K | $29K | $46.4K |
| First-year cost per unit | $499 | $808 | $1.3K |
| Average annual cost per unit (over three years) | $309 | $483 | $774 |
| Component | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing and usage | $450 | $600 | $810 |
| Implementation | $2.4K | $4K | $6.8K |
| Integration | $1.9K | $3.5K | $6.3K |
| Staff time and change management | $1.8K | $2.5K | $3.5K |
| Security | $1.3K | $1.8K | $2.7K |
| Administration | $1.1K | $1.5K | $2K |
| Support | $600 | $800 | $1.1K |
Estimate assumptions: This scenario uses a category-based allowance, not a verified price for this product. Based on 20 enabled developers. Confirm the vendor’s billing unit and current price or quote before budgeting.
Benefits have not been estimated: The current research does not estimate potential savings, return on investment, or how long it would take to recover the cost. Earlier benefit estimates are excluded.
Confirm current product identity, commercial packaging, data processing terms, sign-in and access rules, retention, integrations, support model, implementation effort, and rollback conditions.
Verify identity, package, availability, ownership, pricing, and security evidence before approving a pilot
Do not approve a pilot yet. Verify the current product identity, package, availability, owner, pricing, and security evidence; then define one workflow, a baseline, and rollback criteria.
Define what success looks like for a test of Augment Code and assign someone to lead it.
Once the requirements above are met, compare a small trial with how your team works today.
Track adoption, output quality, business results, and actual costs against the estimate.
Use the results to decide whether to stop, adjust, or expand the pilot.
Confirm encryption, how the vendor uses your data, customer data separation, how long data stays and how to delete it, activity records, sign-in and user setup, where data is handled, other companies that process data, past incidents, and what your team must manage.
Export MCP server definitions, tool schemas, and command and auto-approval policies, plus custom rules, prompts, codebase indexes, agent plans, chat history, evaluation results, usage analytics, provider settings, and tool configuration from Augment Code. Accepted code should remain in Git or the system of record, but indexes and agent workflows may not; revoke repository and model tokens and require deletion of indexed proprietary code.
Do not approve a pilot yet. Verify the current product identity, package, availability, owner, pricing, and security evidence; then define one workflow, a baseline, and rollback criteria.
An AI code-quality tool, formerly CodiumAI, that writes tests for existing code and reviews pull requests automatically.
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Research observations recorded: 1. Evidence quality: Good support.
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