Augment Code vs Claude Code: Side-by-Side Comparison 2026

Augment Code is an editor extension from Augment — context-aware ai coding with deep project understanding. Claude Code is a CLI-based coding agent and an AI agent from Anthropic — agentic coding in your terminal and ide.

Augment Code

Augment Code — AI Code Assistant from Augment. Context-Aware Agent.

✓ Code completions
✓ AI chat
✓ Agentic mode
✓ Multi-file editing
✓ Test generation

Free / $20/mo · 5 plans

Claude Code🏆 Approved

Anthropic's agentic coding tool available via terminal CLI, VS Code extension (GA), JetBrains plugin (beta), a Code tab in the Claude Desktop app, and web interface. The CLI is open source.

✓ Agentic file editing
✓ Terminal integration
✓ Git operations
✓ Multi-file refactoring
✓ Code review

Free / $20/mo · 7 plans

Feature	Augment Code	Claude Code
Category	Extension	CLI / Agent
Starting Price	Free	Free
Model Family	Multi-model	Claude
Terminal Commands	—	✓
Open Source	No	Yes (CLI is open source)

Key Differences

Category: Augment Code is an editor extension; Claude Code is a CLI-based coding agent and an AI agent.
Model family: Augment Code uses Multi-model; Claude Code uses Claude.
Open source: Augment Code: No. Claude Code: Yes (CLI is open source).
Bring your own key: Claude Code supports BYOK; Augment Code does not.
Platforms: Augment Code runs on Desktop; Claude Code runs on Linux, Web, Windows (WSL), macOS.
Provider: Augment Code is built by Augment; Claude Code is built by Anthropic.
Capabilities: Claude Code has terminal commands.

Which Should You Choose?

Choose Augment Code if you want 200K token Context Engine for deep project understanding. Choose Claude Code if you want autonomous multi-file changes with full codebase understanding. Read our full reviews to see which fits your workflow.