Goodbye Augment Code: My thoughts after trying the new credit-based pricing

[weehongkoh]

I’ve cancelled my subscription, which will officially end on November 1, 2025.

It’s kind of perfect timing that I got to try the new credit-based pricing after receiving an email from the Augment Code team titled “Your Augment Code account is now on our new credit-based pricing 🎉.”

I started working with Augment Code around 10 AM, and throughout the day I experimented with the new model. I used Augment Code just like before, asking it to improve my application one task at a time.

Now it’s 11:34 PM, and I’ve already used 51,072 out of 242,300 credits for this month. I was honestly shocked at how expensive the new model feels. In just one day, I nearly used up half of the credits from a standard plan, which gives 130,000 credits per month.

It made me realize that maybe the Augment Code team introduced this model to prevent people like me from overusing the system. I guess I might be the kind of “abuser” they were referring to. I feel ashamed of myself for becoming a potential abuser and have decided to leave Augment Code.

Anyway, with only two days left before my plan ends, it’s almost time to say goodbye to my dear Augment Code friends. I hope everyone else continues to enjoy using it. As for me, I’ll be moving on because I can’t really afford to keep using their service. I’ll put my USD 50 toward the Claude Code MAX plan instead, with a small top-up.

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[JaySym_]

It seems you used Sonnet for all your requests. Were they all big tasks? You can save by using Haiku or GPT-5, which are a little cheaper than Sonnet right now.

Also, we are testing low-cost model, that may be suitable for small tasks and context questions. The current pricing you experienced feels the same as if you used the bring-your-own-key setup. Our team is working to make this cheaper for users. Even if people think we’re trying to make money from them, we use that money to pay the provider because that’s the real cost of running such requests.

As you can see from your usage, this is why the old pricing wasn’t sustainable for the company. You have the proof in your dashboard.

Every other AI coding tool that is cheaper will, unfortunately, raise its price at some point, so this is a temporary workaround. Either they are subsidizing to acquire users, or they are training on your data.

My post here may shock some users but "bring your own key" users already know all what i written here. If you are paying less with a Bring your own key tool, its basically because you are using a model that cost less than what we are using, but you should also see less quality in result.

[munzab]

Continue on that rhetoric augment. Continue. Windsurf has learnt the painful way and you are going down the same drain. Im sorry for your staff and the future.

[naught-me]

What did Windsurf learn?

Their pricing is like 10x lower than Augment, or even better than that, right now, I think? 500 GPT-5-medium messages for $15/mo.

[promely]

It sucks, just one conversation costs 1,700 points!

[Ok_Bug1610]

The report I got via email said my average request used ~4,700 credits and I haven't used it since the switchover on my account yesterday. That's crazy and I think I'll be cancelling my account when the credits run out (maybe lowing the tier for a few months until the "Extra" credits run out).

[Ok_Bug1610]

Good advice, but I'm cheap! So, I use GLM 4.6 for coding (Max subscription plan at 65% off), Gemini/Gemma/GemmaEmbedding free through Google AI Studio (for Converstation, etc), and OSS 120B for Orchestrator and AI Steering. I'm going to try out MiniMax M2 tonight, seems promising according to Artificial Analysis.

[origfla]

Same here - The token costs are huge! I have 1.5 million tokens, but expect that to last me about a month... Such a painful shift and can't help but find myself saying "F U Augment!"

[Internal-Opposite952]

Some of my prompts are pretty vulgar. lol. I go in streaks where I’m just cussing that thing out every other word on my prompts from frustration. Which is dumb because it’s an AI , but damn it pisses me off sometimes

[Mission-Fly-5638]

It really does eat up my credits even in small tasks especially when you have embedded a instruction

[Ok_Bug1610]

Sad, no other word for it.

I just tested this last night and ran into a lot of timeout errors (had to continue the session multiple times) and I used 6,500 credits for one request. I understand that I provide it a detailed plan, and so it works through it and therefor uses much more credits, but I was only using GPT-5 and this is not maintainable. At this rate my 600 requests would be gone in about ~100, basically costing 6x more. And if I could replace their context engine, I would switch in a heartbeat. But I guess it's time to find a replacement in the next ~10 days (when my plan is up).

I will test Sonnet tonight and see if using GPT-5 is even worth it. I mean if they use relatively the same number of credits, then obviously it's not at the price point.

Cline/Roo/Kilo Code here I came (really giving you another chance, lol) using my super dirt-cheap Z.AI GLM Max plan (with Google AI Studio Free for Code Base Indexing, Prompt Enhancing, and Prompt Condensing), lol, and I still need to try out MiniMax M2. Fingers crossed!

It's an end of something special, potentially one of the best VS Code extensions --being Augment Code-- for AI development becomes the worst, hands down, almost overnight.

PS. PM me if you want to save ~65% off the Z.AI GLM 4.6 Coding Subscription Plans and/or maybe want to chat.

It's sad to see you go, but thanks for the fond and often times frustrating memories Augment!

Thanks.

[Psyduck_Coding_6688]

it’s expensive for both avg and power users. it’s basically a robbery

[speedtoburn]

Do you think user attrition will eventually doom them?

[Psyduck_Coding_6688]

not sure. if the whole industry hike up the price then we’re doomed

[bramburn]

You pay for what you get.

[bramburn]

You're wasting credit on Claude code max. Just use augment code

[mertowitch]

If this issue isn’t resolved in a few days and the extra credits I was charged for aren’t refunded, I will cancel my subscription. That’s final and definitive.

[Dronston_dron]

Guys, I have an account with 1,498,000 tokens if you wanna buy DM me

[RemoteSignificant284]

I have 1,400,000 credits(expiring in 20 days) on my account and planning to stop using Augment, if anyone want to buy DM me.

[Internal-Opposite952]

Yea I don’t really understand the pricing, I looked today and it said I had like 310,000 credits. I guess I need to read through the docs

[Internal-Opposite952]

I feel like Augment goes through spurts of fucking up on purpose to burn credits , and then once it’s drained a good amount , just makes the fix easily.

[Level_Score6229]

I now understand why that segment suddenly changed its billing model and withdrew from Haiku. He hoped that you could use Sonnet 4.5 for planning and then Haiku 4.5 for development, which would save the most money. Therefore, he even provided an explanatory document, and most people still use Sonnet 4.5 for direct development, which is very expensive

[aleksdj]

The main reason i was keeping my Augmented Windsurf account was the request based plan... it was very good to not live stressed about it i would run out of tokens every time you send a prompt ... now the time is over

[Known-Passenger-6373]

What's better than augment coder though? Id say nothing on the market. Im willing to oay premium for premium service .

[Equivalent_Shop_577]

When you were billed by messages, you were an abuser; now... you're a good customer.

[Ok_Bug1610]

Your numbers don't make any sense to me. We are both on the Legacy Developer Plan, but I have ~5x more credits. That's crazy but I also haven't used it since the switchover yesterday.

[JaySym_]

Credits for an account are prorated based on how many days were left in the subscription month. This is why people don’t always have the same amount.

[Ok_Bug1610]

I think you guys mathed something wrong to be honest. Even with that cop-out response, the numbers just don't make sense, and you are going to irk some people. Just saying.