Auggie CLIvsCosine
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Auggie CLI
Augment Code · Terminal agent
#43MCP
Panel
6.02 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.2
- Usefulness
- 6.8
- Cost
- 5.3
- Longevity
- 5.5
“Windows support means Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is a polite way of saying Linux.”
Cosine
Cosine AI · Terminal agent
#100MCP
Panel
5.85 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 6.8
- Cost
- 5.2
- Longevity
- 5.5
“It used to be called Genie and is now named after a function that always comes back around, which is a bold choice for a startup.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Auggie CLI | Cosine |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local, cloud, sandbox |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | YesAuggie analyses staged changes and diffs and supports a GitHub API token for repository operations. | Yes |
| Browser control | NoWeb search and web fetch tools are documented, but there is no browser automation. | YesBrowser tools drive Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol, which requires launching the browser with --remote-debugging-port and setting cdp_url in ~/.cosine/config.toml. |
| Sandboxed execution | No | YesRemote environments are isolated containers built from a Dockerfile; local runs are not sandboxed. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, Gemini, GPT-5, GLM, Kimi | Lumen Scout, Lumen Outpost, GPT-5.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek, Kimi K2.6, MiniMax M2.7, Qwen |
| Bring your own model | No | YesLimited to ChatGPT and Claude models accessed through your own provider account. |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | subscription | subscription |
| Starts at | $20/mo | $19/mo |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Bring your own key | No | YesYou can sign in with your own ChatGPT or Claude Max subscription, which routes billing to that provider instead of consuming Cosine credits. |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | n/a | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Auggie CLI | Cosine | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 6.3 | Auggie CLI — Pick it if your company already runs Augment in the editor and you want that context in a terminal; pick Claude Code if you are choosing from scratch. |
| El Crítico | 5.8 | 6.0 | Cosine — The same agent has two different safety models: remote environments are isolated containers, and local runs are not isolated at all. |
| El Profesor | 6.0 | 5.5 | Auggie CLI — The context engine is the product's central claim and no measurement of it is published; capability here is documented, not demonstrated. |
| La Inversora | 6.8 | 6.0 | Auggie CLI — A flat team price with usage credits attached and a forty per cent service fee on inference is a margin structure, not a discount. |
| La Jefa | 6.3 | 5.3 | Auggie CLI — Both published tiers stop at fifty seats, so sixty engineers means Enterprise, which means contact sales before I know a number. |
| El Hacker | 4.3 | 5.8 | Cosine — Closed source, but it takes my own Claude or ChatGPT subscription, and the browser tools want a cdp_url in ~/.cosine/config.toml pointing at a Chrome I launched. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.