Comparison

Augment Code vs OpenAI Codex

A like-for-like, spec-level comparison. Both entries are verified against their docs and repo.

Augment Code

A context engine for large enterprise codebases.

+ Built for huge codebases
+ Enterprise-grade context retrieval
− Closed and enterprise-priced
− Not BYOK-friendly

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's open-source agentic coding CLI.

+ Open-source CLI
+ Sandboxed command execution
− OpenAI models only
− Newer, less battle-tested than incumbents

Spec	Augment Code	OpenAI Codex
Category	coding-agent	coding-agent
License	Proprietary	Apache-2.0
Open source	No	Yes
Self-hostable	No	No
MCP support	Yes	Yes
Pricing	paid	usage
Starting price	Custom (enterprise)	Pay per token (OpenAI API)
Models	custom	gpt
Languages	multi	multi
GitHub stars	—	93.6k
Last activity	—	2026-06-25