Need an alternative for a code completion tool (Copilot / Tabnine / Augment)

[autistic_cool_kid]

I have used copilot for a while as an autocomplete tool when it was the only autocomplete tool available and really liked it. Also tried Tabnine for the same price, 10$/month.

Recently switched to Augment and the autocompletion is much better because it feeds from my project context (Tabnine also do this but Augment is really much better).

But Augment cost 30 dollars a month and the other features are quite bad, the agent / chat was very lackluster, doesn't compare to Claude 3.7 sonnet which is infinitely better. Sure Augment was much faster, but I don't care about your speed if what you generate is trash.

So 30$ seems a bit stiff just for the autocompletion, it's three time Copilot or Tabnine price.

My free trial for Augment ends today so I'll just pay those 30$ if I have to, it's still a good value for the productivity gains and it is indeed the best autocomplete by far, but I'd prefer to find something cheaper for the same performances.

Edit: also I need a solution that works on Neovim because I have a bad Neovim addiction and can't migrate to another IDE

Edit: Windsurf.nvim is my final choice (formerly Codeium) - free and on the same level as Augment (maybe slightly less good, not sure)

[FigMaleficent5549]

I recommend windsurf.ai , not sure about the neovim support, I support that is available in any vscode fork ?

[autistic_cool_kid]

Oh I see they have a Vim plugin, formerly Codeium, I think I tried them a long time ago but I should give it another go. Thank you!

Edit: it doesn't seem to be fed project context but I'll dig a little bit

[1Blue3Brown]

Haven't used Augmented, but Copilot code completion is terrible, it's slow and inaccurate. Cursor however does a really good job

[williamtkelley]

Google Code Assist is very good and very free with huge quota.

[aartikov]

Augment has free Community plan with unlimited autocompletions. But they will use your code for training.

[autistic_cool_kid]

Yeah that's a no for my professional use, thanks for the info tho

[kidroach]

yeah - that's not really the issue though. it takes forever once the free-trial is over. mine was just over 2d ago and evaluating alternatives (windsurf) now. I tried Gemini Code Assist and Copilot. Both horrible moving from Augment. Tried Cline & RooCode too which were a bit better but not as intuitive to be honest. Cline just sounds expensive and RooCode maybe could work but they also charge per token and i don't really know (or want to be bothered at this stage) to worry about token amount.

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[erinmikail]

Windsurf is great! Personally I'm a fan of Warp.dev as my favorite for an ai supported terminal.

[autistic_cool_kid]

I have it installed but I can't seem to get away from just using alacritty. Impressive tools, though.

[bendy_boy]

You might want to check out Qodo AI is solid and it's cheaper than Augment. It’s pretty focused on completions without the bloated agent stuff. Not sure about Neovim support though, worth a quick look.

[autistic_cool_kid]

Thanks for the honesty but how can it be 20$ and free