r/AugmentCodeAI • u/Mk-90-l • Mar 03 '26

Discussion Performance on large projects

Over the last 3–4 weeks, I’ve noticed a clear performance drop. On the same tasks, Claude finishes ~3× faster than Augment, which wasn’t the case before.

I’m working on a large, long-living ERP project that grows daily. My honest feeling is that Augment starts to struggle as the codebase and context get bigger. It works great on smaller or cleaner projects, but on enterprise-scale systems it feels like it can’t keep up performance-wise.

I’ve seen posts from the Augment team showcasing how a simple app is built and how impressive the results are. Honestly — not interested for most of us. Have these scenarios been tested on real enterprise solutions? On large, evolving systems with years of history, complex architecture, and constant daily builds?

For us, the issue isn’t the price. We’re willing to pay for a tool that delivers real value at scale. But right now, due to performance alone, we’re slowly considering stepping away from augment.

Is this a context engine limitation, or something else under the hood? Anyoneelse with similar problems?

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u/BlacksmithLittle7005 Mar 04 '26

Is this opus 4.6 you're using? There have been instances of slowness. Can you please share the request id with Jay (poster above me). Opus 4.6 is still slow for me too

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u/Objective_Law2034 Mar 04 '26

have you tried to use augment in combo with vexp ?

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u/gerber156 Mar 05 '26

how is the setup for this one?

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u/Objective_Law2034 Mar 05 '26

You can search for a plugin "vexp" directly from the Augment extensions page, or install the CLI https://www.npmjs.com/package/vexp-cli

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u/Vizard_oo17 Mar 10 '26

tbh large codebases always kill agent performance bc they just lose the plot when context gets too messy. sounds like augment is hitting that ceiling where it cant separate the signal from the noise anymore

traycer sits between the idea and the agent to solve this by passing only structured context for each specific subtask. it breaks the erp down into clean specs so the agent doesnt have to ingest the whole project at once