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Free alternatives to Augment Code

3 alternatives verifiably meet “Verified free tier”. 2 more are not verified either way.

Qualifying3
Self-hosting verified2
Free tier3
ReplacingAugment Code
Entry price$20/mo
Free tierNot verified
Open source · self-hostingNo Not verified
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Free alternatives

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AmpBackground agents
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Hobby plan, with pay-as-you-go orbs or your own runnersampcode.com ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseBackground agents
  • Meets: Self-hostingYes — self-hosted orbs: agent run environments on your own infrastructureampcode.com ↗
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Team tier and above — SAML/OIDC SSOampcode.com ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes3 verified changes in 30 days
Entry price$20/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingYes
3 verified changes in 30 days · latest Platform · 27 Oct 2026Amp launches an Android app
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OpenHandsBackground agents
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — open source locally, and a free cloud Individual plan with your own keyopenhands.dev ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseBackground agents
  • Meets: Self-hostingYes — the free Agent Canvas, Teams, and Enterprise are self-hostedopenhands.dev ↗
  • Meets: Open sourceYes — MIT, the OpenHands Agent Canvas and its source on GitHubopenhands.dev ↗github.com ↗
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Enterprise tier only — SAML/SSOopenhands.dev ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelAgent platform — Augment Code: Cloud agentsopenhands.dev ↗augmentcode.com ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes1 verified change in 30 days
Entry priceFree plan only
Free tierYes
Open sourceYes
Self-hostingYes
1 verified change in 30 days · latest Platform · 13 Oct 2026OpenHands agents can run on DigitalOcean from Agent Canvas
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Not verified either way

These alternatives have no verified value for “Verified free tier”. They are not excluded because they fail it — the record does not say.

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Alternatives are tools in Augment Code's editorial segment or assigned as its peers. A reading is “not verified” when no first-party page states it — never assumed either way. Oldest record verified 2 Oct 2026. How alternatives work