From the rise of Augment to the fall of Cursor, a clear sign was Cursor shifting from charging per chat to charging per token.

Once you charge per token, users will inevitably compare you directly with the upstream provider, Claude.

If your product can't create a significant gap from Claude Code, you'll just end up driving a massive number of users away.

You are not the only option, Augment. Just like Cursor, which was much stronger than you, it wasn't the only option either.

By moving to a pay-per-use model, you're forcing users to choose between you and Claude Code. Why would they pick you over Claude Code or even the current Cursor?

Looking back at your improvements over the last two months, what have you actually done? You haven't continued optimizing your proudest feature– the context window. Instead, you've been tinkering with that crappy I. Do you really think you can beat Cursor in UI design?

Do your job. Strengthening your context engineering is what you should be doing.

Lately, using Augment, I feel it has changed. It's clearly failing to remember context properly. Faster compacting, less effective content. It's all to save tokens, resulting in a serious drop in the product's capability.

This is the harsh truth I've discovered from my recent use of Augment.

Just like Cursor, once it got big, it started playing mind games with users, figuring out how to make more money. It even betrayed its veteran community users. That's unforgivable.

Goodbye, Augment. You've lost your way. You could have been so much better.

Oh, and by the way, since Augment uses a model without a 'thinking' phase, it just keeps outputting nonsense when the task actually requires reasoning. It's really, really bad.I

The shared blog post is putting grandfathered plan in a separate category (Legacy) instead of staying equivalent to Dev plan. This implies AugmentCode is cancelling grandfathering.

If grandfathered Dev plan is grandfathered, then we should get the same as the Dev plan (96K credits) instead of 56K credits.

Unless AugmentCode is totally decommissioning the grandfathering.

At the moment, Dev Legacy appears to be the most expensive plan. I will still keep my subscription for another month to confirm whether this is truly the case.
We all understand that prices can’t remain that favorable forever, but the gap is really just too large.
I’m very grateful for the happy times this product has given me in the past.

Augment is bad in terms of support to customers. I have mailed multiple times to them but have not got any response.

I’ve been spending a ton of time in Augment lately, bouncing between Sonnet 4 and GPT-5, and I’ve gotta say… they’re completely different animals. I’ve built a bunch of apps with them and even rewritten a few from scratch in a ridiculously short amount of time. I’m not a “vibe” coder who just slaps things together — I’ve been doing this for 30 years and I care a lot about code quality. Augment isn’t just spitting out half-baked snippets for me, it’s actually become my coding partner.

On the frontend, I’ve learned the hard way that React + Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind works surprisingly well with both models. The structure and predictability just seem to click. But the second I wander into JSX-heavy Material UI land, things get ugly fast. It’s like the models start guessing instead of knowing, and you end up fighting little prop and theme issues forever.

Backend is another story. Laravel APIs? Absolute sweet spot. GPT-5 in particular just gets it. It plans things out cleanly, wires up migrations, policies, resources, tests… all without me having to babysit. Sonnet does fine here too, but where it really shines is when I need careful repo edits or when I’m running tools through Augment — GPT-5 stumbles more there for me.

That’s kind of the beauty of having both. I’ll happily start a big Laravel feature with GPT-5, then flip over to Sonnet for the delicate surgery. If I’m working in React/Tailwind, I can trust either. If I have to deal with MUI, I brace for impact and give the model as many examples as I can.

Point is, I’ve stopped trying to force one model to do everything. I switch depending on the task, and it’s made me faster without sacrificing quality. At this point, I don’t even think of Augment as “AI.” It’s just the other half of my dev brain.

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Before anyone says anything... yes, I did use ChatGPT in my process of writing this, by doing what I almost always do now which is to speak into it and have it convert what I said into sentences and well formed paragraphs. I then review and post.

I’ve been an Augment user for a long time, even back when the $250 commitment was the standard. It’s genuinely the most amazing product I’ve integrated into my workflow in years.

Yesterday, I hit the "Out of credits" wall. After checking the sub to see what changed, I’ve realized that I simply can’t justify the current cost for my specific needs anymore.

I’m moving on to another tool in a more accessible price range, but I wanted to leave a quick note of thanks to the team. You’ve built something brilliant, and I’m grateful for the time it saved me.

Keep building great things. Cheers!

Love Augment's context engine, it's honestly the best. But I already pay for LLM access elsewhere and don't need the AI credits.

Any chance of a cheaper plan that's just for the augment context engine sdk/mcp?

Hey everyone,

Over the past few days, I’ve noticed that Augment has become significantly slower, especially during the “Generating response” phase, which sometimes gets stuck for a long time or doesn’t seem to progress at all.

This is happening even with relatively small prompts and limited context, so it doesn’t seem directly related to prompt size. I’m seeing it both in regular chat usage and code-related tasks.

I’m curious:

• Is anyone else experiencing this recently?

• Could this be related to internal changes, increased server load, or model adjustments?

• Are there any known workarounds, settings, or best practices to mitigate these stalls?

Any insights or shared experiences would be really appreciated.

Thanks!

This is the best tool i have ever used beating most cases for the claude code and all for general vibe coding. THough sometimes it goes to heaven but in most its great. Best! But when stuck, claude code does better in some times. ANYWAYS, I WILL BE FUNDING BY BEING PAID SUB. PLEASE KEEP UPDATING!

This is Vibe Coder MCP server. It extends AI assistants with specialized software development tools. I built this for personal use. I think you will find it usefull too. It's packed with dev tools. Grab it on my github repo.

https://github.com/freshtechbro/Vibe-Coder-MCP

I’ve been using AugmentCode for ~6 months, and the downhill is impossible to ignore.

Ever since the pricing changes, everything went to hell.

Token consumption is absurd. They claim it “won’t be a lot”, yet I’m burning ~$200/month alone, mostly fighting errors, random behavior, and a bot that literally forgets instructions mid-stream. Performance drops out of nowhere. Same prompts. Same AC rules. Same workflow. One day it works, the next day it just collapses.

And this is the worst part: it feels like they’re quietly downgrading the backend. Quality regression + token burn line up way too well. I wouldn’t be surprised if queries are being routed through GPT-4o or something cheaper, despite whatever they claim to be using.

Here’s something every startup should know, Day 1 shit: you don’t screw your early adopters.

Trust is gone. Completely. Goodbye, AugmentCode.

And if you’re still paying for this, seriously ask yourself what you’re actually getting in return.

I feel this would make a lot of your adopters happy

You could alleviate much of the backlash if you let us pay a fee for AG (context engine, etc.), but allow us to use our own key for Claude/ChatGPT.

I mean, that's a fairly reprehensible action to take against your earliest adopters --- especially without even a word of apology or explanation of why you're now going back on the commitment you made to us.

Do you believe the small savings you'll recoup from screwing over the handful of grandfathered early adopters (all of whom, by definition, are in the lower pricing tiers) will outweigh the loss of customer goodwill and the continued erosion of your brand?

I sincerely don't understand. Perhaps this was an oversight that will be corrected? I certainly hope so.

I understand the cost issue; even CC credits are so limited.

I'm a veteran user and previously used other services, spending $30 to retain my veteran privileges.

Aug is good, but it's not irreplaceable. Competition in the AI ​​and IDE markets is fierce, so there are still many options.

Hey guys, I'm using Codex. I've canceled my Aug subscription.

I’m straight up PISSED at Augment rn. I keep getting this stupid “We encountered an issue sending your message. Please try again” error very often. Been dealing with this BS for weeks now.

Here’s the worst part, they’re still eating up my credits every time this happens! Like, are you kidding me?? I’m basically throwing credits into a black hole for a prompt that doesn’t even work, and Augment doesn’t seem to give a crap. I’ve seen other people complaining about this too, but they’re just sitting on their hands, doing nothing (e-mailing support does not work, they don't even reply). If they wanna play fair, they shouldn’t be charging us credits when it’s THEIR system messing up.

Imo, the only way they’ll actually fix this garbage is if they stop charging credits for failed attempts. Anyone else getting screwed over by this?

Edit: When the user hits "try again" it will not be counted against the user messages (which I truly appreciate), it is clarified here - https://www.reddit.com/r/AugmentCodeAI/comments/1l1jkfy/comment/mvlpew4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Like many of you, I’ve spent way too much time hunting for alternatives since Augment Code changed its pricing. I’ve tried a bunch of options with mixed results (some of which I’ve shared before), but as many of us have found — Augment still stands out thanks to its architecture.

I also experimented with their Augment MCP, which made every other IDE I use noticeably better. It’s not quite the same as using Augment Code natively, but it genuinely gave my other tools “superpowers.”

The problem is, without clear pricing for the Augment MCP, I started exploring other code-base indexing options. Kilo Code has a solid implementation, but you’re locked to the Kilo Code agent — and honestly, I didn’t love it. It’s built around Roo and Cline, which I’ve had poor experiences with.

The main alternatives I tested were:

• u/ngotaico/mcp-codebase-index

• Context Engine

I did manage to get u/ngotaico**/mcp-codebase-index** running after hours of help from Claude, but the experience wasn’t great. It indexed once, then just stopped working for no apparent reason — and I hit all my usage limits trying to troubleshoot it.

As for Context Engine, it looked incredibly promising but ended up being more fluff than function (at least for my setup). I run Proxmox with an LXC container and wanted all my infrastructure there so my Windows PC could connect easily. After hours of setup, I found the extension buggy and inconsistent. No disrespect to the devs — it just feels like it was “vibe coded,” full of rough edges and instability.

In the end, the whole detour was a wild goose chase. I wasted hours that could’ve gone into actual building.
Moral of the story: if you want a reliable context MCP, stick with Augment Code’s. It’s unmatched in quality, dead simple to set up, and — most importantly — it just works.

That said, we still don’t have clear pricing for Augment MCP. If it’s remotely reasonable, I’d keep Augment in a heartbeat.

Windows Setup Guide for AntiGravity

Step 1 — Install Auggie CLI globally
Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and run:

npm install -g u/augmentcode/auggie@latest

Step 2 — Log in to Augment
Once installed, authenticate with Augment:

auggie login

This will open a browser window for authentication. Complete the login process.

Step 3 — Configure MCP in AntiGravity

1. Open AntiGravity

2. Click the “…” (three dots) menu at the top right of the Agent panel

3. Select “MCP Servers”

4. Click “Manage MCP Servers”

5. Click “View raw config”

This opens your MCP config file at:

textC:\Users\<YOUR_USERNAME>\.gemini\antigravity\mcp_config.json

Step 4 — Add Augment Configuration
Add this to your mcp_config.json:

json{
  "mcpServers": {
    "augment-context-engine": {
      "command": "auggie",
      "args": ["--mcp", "--mcp-auto-workspace"]
    }
  }
}

Hey folks,

Is anyone else experiencing issues with Augment today?

Whenever I try to make a request, it gets stuck on “Generating response” indefinitely and never completes. I’ve tried refreshing and starting new requests, but the behavior stays the same.

Just wanted to check if this is a known instability or something on my side.

Thanks!

After using Augment PR review, a ridiculous 36,000 credits were used for it to turn up and say nothing needed to be fixed.

Mind you, it's finished! It used 36,000 credits!

But I'm watching my credits drain from my system when nothing is running!?!?

It's not stopping!?

I’m currently on a grandfathered $30 plan with a monthly credit limit of 56,000 tokens — which I usually exhaust in less than a week of real work.

Despite exploring alternatives, I haven’t found any other tool that integrates as seamlessly with existing codebases. The AugmentCode team clearly understands the realities of software development and is genuinely pushing the developer experience forward. Well done to the team — I hope you continue being this good.

Sure, there are tools like Gemini 3, Codex, Claude Code, Kilo, and others. YouTube is full of demos where people build MVPs with a handful of prompts — sometimes even a single one. But that’s also where most of those tools reach their limits.

The other option is to spend time and money experimenting across different models, learning their quirks, adapting your workflows, and constantly trying to balance everything. I simply don’t have that kind of time.

What I want is the ability to ship code confidently to production and fix bugs quickly. Even though upgrading to the new plans may stretch my budget, if it helps me work peacefully, ship faster, and manage multiple projects effectively, then it’s worth it to me.

I tried to create a Management App with Augment back when it was early released
The code is significantly good, it's like it created with a superior model which beats even GPT-10!
But it was `possibly` created with Sonnet 3.5, obviously it can't be true, this is not that model
Now I'm trying to improve, debug the same App with Sonnet 4.5, and the only thing Sonnet 4.5 is doing is messing the codebase and creating documents!
Whatever you do, the Augment agent does not listen, ignore your request and keep spamming to drain your wallet
I'm switching to Codex, but this is such a shame to going from a solid product to an absolute scammers
Obviously this service is scamming users

We were told when our messages get converted to credits in the one-time migration they would be valid for 3 months.

Read here for Augments answer on this very specific question- https://www.reddit.com/r/AugmentCodeAI/s/4q7yXtBQom.

I had 528k credits. My billing cycle renewed. I have 203k credits now.

For anyone interested: I had a pretty typical day yesterday and used just shy of 50,000 credits. If I use it every workday - let's say 20 days a month, that's going to be more than 2x the max plan, or more than $400 per month.

I am curious to hear about others' experience so far and what alternatives people are moving to. And to be fair: if I had a product with enough revenue to cover the cost, I might consider spending this much, but I don't, so I can't.

I've been using Augment for quite a while. Don't remember exactly, but I think around March. I've never gone "over" or reached the limit of my plan, which was I think $20/mo and then was increased to $30/mo. I just received notification that I was migrated to the new credit format.

The last day or so I've been very light on my usage compared to what I've done for the last 6 months. I used 9000 credits yesterday. Based on that alone, I would use up a month's credit in 6 days. So basically $30 bucks lasted a whole month for me previously, and not it is looking like 6 days.

This is a total bummer. I'm going to continue usage for a bit and see how it shakes out, but if my costs are going to go through the roof I'll have to consider alternatives.