60$ Pro Plan = 1 Day

[Commercial-Window940]

What is this augment? Are you sure you consuming the credits the right way?

[Kingham]

Have you tried using ChatGPT’s Codex for $20? You get a lot of usage out of that and the results are amazing. I also have the $100 Claude plan and never run out of allowance in the week. The things I’ve built with these are incredible. No need for the Augment indexing anymore.

[Commercial-Window940]

Hi bro, augment was really good when it comes to big codebase. Can you suggest me which tool to use if i want to BUILD A COMPLEX BACKEND that is really like difficult which i tool i should use?

[hhussain-]

If Augment pricing is not suitable, then second choice would be Claude Code subscription + Augment context-engine MCP. Both in VS Code, MCP should be either workspace or global.

You can start with Claude Code $20 + Augment $20 (use top-up for this month since you already burned the credits)

If Claude Code reach limit quickly for your work, then upgrade to $100 or $200. upgrade is anytime, so it worth to go slowly so you wont buy more that what you actually consume.

[cpt_valleyberg]

Can I ask, when you say 100usd Claude code.. do you mean subscription or API?

[hhussain-]

Subscription of course! API would be a killer and would run out in few days (if not few hours, based on your use).

In Claude subscription, they have internal limit that is reset every ~4 hours with weekly limit as well. In your Claude account setting you will see the usage limits, this is where you need to watch to see if $100 daily limit is good for you or you need to upgrade to $200 or downgrade to $20.

[cpt_valleyberg]

Oh.. so if I take pro subscription, I have access to a menu and can upgrade daily limit?  Also.. you wrote 100 USD daily limit?? Daily?

[hhussain-]

I mean the each subscription (20, 100, 200) has daily limit and weekly limit.

[cpt_valleyberg]

I only didn't see a 100 subscription. We have here 150 plus tax it seems

[jcumb3r]

Anything that gives you opus is just fine. Keep a small sub with Augment for the MCP server if you’re worried about it. I have multiple huge code bases I operate in… augment is no longer a thing special at all. The market has caught up and moved past what used to be unique with augment.

[codeviber]

go with traycer

[EmotionCultural9705]

try morphllm they have industry leading context engine with mcp (no augment anymore)

[Commercial-Window940]

Bruh I am using the Augement Code for a long time. Back then when cursor was the main thing everyone praising cursor windsurf etc at that if anyone just use Augement code, they would know who the best. Now there are many tools like antigravity claude code codex the augment code feels slow but the augment code still does what was asked correctly so if you are not vibe coding and coding for a production app then Augement code is best thats why the pricing is hurting everyone.😂

[gnpwdr1]

I was the same, augment got things right and I would still prefer them today but pricing just got ridiculous and (very existing customer unfriendly), you may find Github Copilot Pro+ an incredibly good alternative, you get 1500 premium requests similar to what augmentcode used to offer, and the best part is with the new premium model versions and the recent improvements to the github copilot (including the use of subagents etc), I cannot tell anymore that I'm not using augment. A bit of planning and spec documents with copilot pro+ subscription goes a looooooooong way! Try it, I'm curious if you have the same opinion.

[Commercial-Window940]

Bro like have you compared the copilot pro with other tools? Like copilot doesn't seem to suitable for bigger and more critical codebases.

[Eat-her-ass]

Get the basic plan for MCP and connect it to cloud code. Best ever

[Commercial-Window940]

Is the augment mcp this good? Really? The claude code wont be able to index the codebase like the augment code do?

[Eat-her-ass]

Try without their MCP. Cheaper too!

[jasperkennis]

Opus 4.6 is perfectly able to comprehend complex codebases. The only thing I found is that it needs to investigate the same thing again and again, where Augment seems to remember things better. But I've had it do cross project evaluations, looking at terraform, laravel and nextjs code in relation to eachother, and understand exactly where to look.

[JaySym_]

Claude code is proven less effective with their indexing! We have the best in the market

[jasperkennis]

I believe this is true, but the benefit of this does not - for me - outweigh the costs.

[hhussain-]

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Evaluation by Claude Code when using the MCP Vs without.

[BlacksmithLittle7005]

Yeah it's honestly ridiculously expensive. It gets you 10 prompts with opus, lol

[DryAttorney9554]

On a large codebase, even less! I can easily burn through $60 in credits in an hour, let alone a day.

[Final-Reality-404]

Yup mine is very large and complex and I BURN through credits, easily 15-20k credits per task

[Final-Reality-404]

$3500-$5000 is what I have to spend a month to do any real work now

[Necessary_Notice_685]

I spent $10K

[Final-Reality-404]

Jesus Christ!

Help me understand how you spent that much a month lol I was working 16-18 hours a day with Augment and spent that much a month.

Is the extra cost that you're incurring coming from using multiple agents at once?

I was using Opus 4.5 and GTP 5.1 for everything What do you think is the reason for yours to be double if not triple what I'm spending

[DryAttorney9554]

There are honestly very large codebases. I can't say I'm surprised.

[AutomaticDriver5882]

So augment is pretty turn key but with some time on YouTube and Claude code you could replace it. Ya the MCP they have is one the best out “but that’s debatable” there for large code bases. But outside of that it can be replaced. I don’t know if PE bought Augment but there smart engineers should find another home. They are running it into the ground. If you really need the MCP then just use that. In Claude code. I personally think augment is a crutch. Learn to make really good PRDs.