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Augment Code vs Merlin
Augment Code focuses on deep codebase context for coding, whereas Merlin adds AI agents to collaborative chat contexts.
Augment CodeAI coding agent with deep codebase context
MerlinBring Claude Code and Codex to where your team already works.Which to pick
Pick Augment Code if you want…
- End-to-end AI-orchestrated software factories
- AI coding assistance with codebase awareness
- Integrations with GitLab or Jira (on Augment Code's list, not Merlin's)
Pick Merlin if you want…
- AI agents embedded in team chats
Side by side
- What it is
- Augment Code:Augment Code’s Cosmos platform orchestrates AI agents across the software delivery lifecycle, providing automated code review, ticket-to-PR, vulnerability remediation, and incident response.
- Merlin:Merlin lets AI agents run Claude Code or Codex tasks directly inside Slack, Linear and GitHub using your own machines.
- Best for
- Augment Code:End-to-end AI-orchestrated software factories
- Merlin:AI agents embedded in team chats
- Who it’s for
- Augment Code:Engineering teams that want AI-driven automation for the entire SDLC
- Merlin:AI-native teams that want agents in their existing collaboration tools
- Pricing
- Augment Code:Paid
- Merlin:Paid
- Plans
- Augment Code:Standard $20/month per month · Business $100/month per month
- Merlin:Starter $19 per workspace/month · Team $59 per workspace/month · Scale $99 per workspace/month
- Works with
- Augment Code:GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Linear, Jira
- Merlin:Slack, Linear, GitHub
Augment Code features
- AI-Powered Code Review. Agents perform a substantive first-pass review of every PR within minutes, surfacing intent, architecture, and security issues.
- Ticket-to-PR Automation. Assign a ticket and the loop writes, tests, and merges the change end-to-end.
- Vulnerability Remediation. Agents map CVE blast radius and generate reviewed fixes without a war-room.
- Incident Response Coordination. Agents investigate alerts, draft timelines, and assemble context before on-call engineers join.
- Context Engine. Provides deep codebase understanding and shared memory across runs and agents.
- Native Integrations. Triggers for GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Linear, Jira and custom webhooks.
Merlin features
- In-app agent calls. Ask Merlin in a Slack, Linear or GitHub thread and get results back in the same conversation.
- Runs on your devices. Agents execute on your own computers using your existing Claude Code or Codex subscriptions.
- Shared memory & skills. Publish skills and memory that all team members can reuse across channels.
- Automations. Define recurring tasks or triggers that Merlin runs automatically.
- Access control. Set who can invoke Merlin and which devices, skills or automations they can use.
- Proactive mode. Merlin can surface insights or act without being mentioned when enabled.
Augment Code vs Merlin FAQ
Is Augment Code or Merlin free?+
No, both are paid and neither has a free plan. Augment Code is paid, from $20/month (Standard). Merlin is paid, with a free trial.
Do Augment Code and Merlin integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list GitHub, Slack and Linear. Augment Code also lists GitLab and Jira.
On DevHunt
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