COMPARISON · Last verified: September 2026
Augment Code vs GitHub Copilot
Status updates
- Augment Code deprecated inline completions and Next Edit for non-Enterprise plans on March 31, 2026, and now leads with Cosmos and the Auggie CLI.
- GitHub Copilot replaced premium requests with usage-based GitHub AI Credits on June 1, 2026.
A context-first agent platform vs the GitHub-native coding assistant, compared on verified pricing, features and fit.
🏆 Quick Verdict
GitHub Copilot (4.7/5 vs 4.3/5)
Copilot: free plan, Pro $10/mo. Augment: from $20/mo flat per team
⭐ Strongest At
Every tool has one thing it does better than its competitors. Here is each one's honest edge:
Codebase context at team scale: its Context Engine maps code, commit history, docs and tickets across repos, and Cosmos runs agents on triggers.
Everyday coding in your editor and on GitHub: unlimited completions on paid plans, chat, agent mode, code review and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.
📊 Quick Specs
Augment Code vs GitHub Copilot: official demos
Watch each tool in action: official demos for Augment Code and GitHub Copilot, side by side, before you decide.
Augment Code
GitHub Copilot
Official videos via YouTube (Augment Code; GitHub), embedded for reference. ToolChase does not host or claim these videos.
What is Augment Code?
Augment Code is an AI coding platform built around its Context Engine, which semantically indexes your code, maps how files connect across repositories and services, and draws on commit history and external sources such as docs and tickets. In 2026 Augment shifted its focus from autocomplete to agents. Its lead product is now Cosmos, which runs agents in sandboxed cloud VMs or on your own machines through self-hosted daemons and wakes them on events from GitHub, Slack, Linear, PagerDuty, webhooks and cron; you steer them from the web, your phone or Slack. The Auggie CLI brings the same agent and Context Engine to the terminal, with a --print mode for CI, and runs inside Agent Client Protocol editors such as Zed and Neovim. Augment still documents and updates its VS Code and JetBrains extensions, which bring agent and chat into the IDE (both shipped releases on September 14, 2026), but inline completions were deprecated for non-Enterprise plans on March 31, 2026. Models range from Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 5 to GPT-6 Astra and Gemini 3.1 Pro, plus Augment's Prism router, and paid plans exclude AI training on your data.
What is GitHub Copilot?
GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant. In the IDE it offers inline suggestions, Copilot Chat and an agent mode that edits files for you in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse and Xcode, plus next edit suggestions (in preview on some IDEs) and code completion in Neovim. Beyond the editor, the Copilot cloud agent researches a repository, plans the work and makes changes on a branch in its own GitHub Actions-powered environment, then opens a pull request. You can start it from an issue, an @copilot mention on a pull request, a schedule or an event, or from Jira, Linear, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Azure Boards. Copilot code review checks pull requests, and the Copilot CLI, the GitHub Copilot app and GitHub Mobile round out the surfaces. Repository indexing gives Copilot Chat and the cloud agent semantic code search over your repos. Models include Claude Opus 5, GPT-6 Astra and Gemini 3.8 Flash. Since June 1, 2026, chat, agents, the CLI and code review draw on a monthly allowance of GitHub AI Credits, while completions stay unlimited on paid plans.
Key differences at a glance
Both now sell agents, a CLI and MCP support, so the differences that matter most are these:
- -- Product shape: Augment centers on agents and context (Cosmos, the Auggie CLI, the Context Engine); Copilot centers on the editor and GitHub.
- -- Autocomplete: Copilot has unlimited completions on every paid plan and 2,000 a month on Free; Augment deprecated completions for non-Enterprise plans on March 31, 2026.
- -- Billing basis: Augment charges one flat monthly price for up to 50 seats; Copilot charges per user and pools each seat's credits.
- -- Usage pricing: Augment bills model tokens at the provider's list price plus a 40% service fee; Copilot converts tokens to AI credits at its published rates, which for Claude Opus 5 match the $5 input and $25 output per million tokens that Augment lists before its fee.
- -- Where your code lives: Copilot is built into GitHub and, per its docs, is not currently available for GitHub Enterprise Server; Augment's Cosmos connects to GitHub, GitHub Enterprise Server, GitLab and Azure DevOps.
- -- Score: GitHub Copilot rates 4.7/5 in our review; Augment Code rates 4.3/5.
Feature-by-feature comparison
Here is how Augment Code and GitHub Copilot compare on the capabilities that affect daily use:
Pricing comparison
Augment Code has no free plan. Standard at $20/month and Business at $100/month are flat prices with no per-seat charge: each covers up to 50 seats and includes that dollar amount of usage every month, pooled across the team. Usage is counted in dollars: model tokens at the provider's public API list price, a flat 40% service fee on LLM usage, and Cosmos compute at $0.19 an hour. Extra usage is bought as pay-as-you-go top-ups. Both plans share one feature list, so Business simply buys five times the usage. Enterprise is custom-priced, with unlimited users, SSO, OIDC and SCIM, and CMEK and ISO 42001 compliance.
GitHub Copilot starts free: Copilot Free includes 2,000 inline completions a month, limited chat and agent use and the Copilot CLI, with no credit card required. Pro ($10/month), Pro+ ($39) and Max ($100) add unlimited completions and next edit suggestions plus monthly GitHub AI Credits worth $15, $70 and $200 (1 credit = $0.01). For organizations, Business is $19 and Enterprise $39 per user per month, and each seat adds 1,900 or 3,900 credits to a shared pool. Chat, agents, the CLI and code review spend credits at per-model token rates; GitHub puts a typical code review at $0.05 to $1 of credits on Lite effort, plus GitHub Actions minutes. Unused credits do not roll over.
What the entry plan buys. Copilot Pro ($10/month) gives one developer unlimited completions, the cloud agent and code review, model selection and 1,500 AI credits ($15) a month. Augment Standard ($20/month) gives a whole team of up to 50 people the Context Engine, Cosmos, the Auggie CLI and MCP, with $20 of usage to share.
Worked example: a five-person team. Five Copilot Business seats at $19 each cost $95 a month and put 9,500 AI credits ($95 of usage) into a shared pool, with unlimited completions for everyone. Augment Standard costs $20 a month in total for the same five people, with $20 of usage between them, and Business costs $100 with $100 of usage. Augment's own example month on Business splits that $100 into $70 of model tokens, a $28 service fee and $2 of Cosmos compute. So a busy Augment team's bill tracks how much its agents run, while a Copilot bill tracks head count plus any usage beyond the pool.
Pros & Cons
Augment Code
- Context Engine maps code, history, docs and tickets across repos
- One flat price for up to 50 seats, with pooled usage
- Cosmos runs trigger-driven agents in the cloud or on your own machines
- Connectors for GitLab, Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise Server
- No AI training on paid plans; SOC 2 Type II
- No free plan; every tier is paid
- Inline completions deprecated for non-Enterprise plans on March 31, 2026
- Included usage is capped at $20 or $100 a month for the whole team, and LLM usage carries a 40% fee
- IDE extensions are not listed on any pricing plan; the Business-plan docs name Cosmos and the Auggie CLI as its products
GitHub Copilot
- Free plan with 2,000 completions a month; Pro from $10
- Unlimited completions and next edit suggestions on paid plans
- Cloud agent, code review and @copilot built into GitHub
- Broad editor coverage, from VS Code and JetBrains to Xcode and Eclipse
- IP indemnity on Business and Enterprise, with no training on their data
- Per-seat cost grows with head count ($19 or $39 per user)
- Heavy agent use burns through AI credits; extra usage is $0.01 per credit
- Code review also uses GitHub Actions minutes
- Individual-plan data may be used for training unless you opt out
- Not currently available for GitHub Enterprise Server
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Augment Code if you:
- → Work across many repos or services and want agents grounded in a shared index of code, history and docs
- → Want trigger-driven automation such as PR review, incident response or ticket-to-PR
- → Keep code on GitLab or GitHub Enterprise Server and want agents working there
- → Prefer one flat bill for up to 50 people, paying for usage as it grows
Choose GitHub Copilot if you:
- → Want fast inline completions and chat in your current editor
- → Want to start free, or pay $10 a month as an individual
- → Keep code, issues and pull requests on GitHub and want an agent that works from them
- → Want per-user licenses with budgets and policy controls in your GitHub organization
Bottom Line
GitHub Copilot (4.7/5) is the easier place to start: a free plan, Pro at $10 a month, unlimited completions on paid plans, and a cloud agent and code review inside GitHub. Augment Code (4.3/5) has moved from autocomplete to context-grounded agents for teams, with one flat price for up to 50 seats and a Context Engine that can even plug into Copilot through MCP. Pick Copilot for everyday coding, and consider Augment when understanding and automating work across a large, multi-repo system is the bottleneck.
Frequently asked questions
Augment Code vs GitHub Copilot, which one should I pick?
Pick GitHub Copilot if you want AI inside your editor and on GitHub: a free plan, Pro at $10 a month, unlimited completions on paid plans, code review and a cloud agent that opens pull requests. Pick Augment Code if your team works across a large, multi-repo codebase and wants agents grounded in its Context Engine, for one flat price covering up to 50 seats. GitHub Copilot scores 4.7/5 in our review and Augment Code scores 4.3/5.
Is Augment Code or GitHub Copilot cheaper?
For one developer, Copilot is: it is free to start and Pro costs $10 a month, while Augment's cheapest plan, Standard, is $20. For teams the billing basis differs: Augment Standard ($20) and Business ($100) are flat monthly prices for up to 50 seats with that amount of usage shared, plus a 40% service fee on model usage, while Copilot Business is $19 per user per month, so five people pay $95.
Does Augment Code or GitHub Copilot have a free plan?
GitHub Copilot does. Copilot Free includes 2,000 inline completions a month, limited chat and agent use and the Copilot CLI, with no credit card required. Augment Code has no free plan: its pricing page lists Standard at $20 a month, Business at $100 a month and a custom Enterprise plan.
Does Augment Code still have autocomplete like Copilot?
Only on Enterprise. Augment's documentation says support for code completions was deprecated on March 31, 2026 for non-Enterprise plans, while Enterprise plans continue to be supported. GitHub Copilot includes unlimited inline completions and next edit suggestions on every paid plan, and 2,000 completions a month on Free.
Can I use Augment Code with GitHub Copilot?
Yes. Augment publishes a GitHub Copilot quickstart for its Context Engine MCP server: install the Auggie CLI, sign in and add it to your project's .vscode/mcp.json, and Copilot's agent mode can call Augment's codebase-retrieval tool. Queries are billed to your Augment usage, at roughly $0.03 to $0.06 each on average, according to Augment.
Which is better for a large codebase?
Augment Code is built around this problem: its Context Engine maps how files connect across repositories and services and draws on commit history, docs and tickets. Copilot indexes repositories for semantic code search in Copilot Chat and its cloud agent. Teams that mainly need to understand a sprawling multi-repo system lean to Augment; teams that want AI in every editor and pull request lean to Copilot.
Does Augment Code or GitHub Copilot train on my code?
Augment says all paid plans exclude AI training on your data. GitHub says it does not use Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train its models, but it may use interaction data from individual plans such as Copilot Free, Pro and Pro+ for training unless you opt out in your Copilot settings.