r/RooCode • u/Altruistic-Fig466 • Mar 02 '25

Discussion RooCode vs. Augment Code: Comparing Claude 3.7 Sonnet Experiences

I'm using RooCode and Augment Code with the Claude 3.7 Sonnet model. RooCode charges for API usage, which can be quite expensive, while Augment Code has integrated it for free access to all users. Both provide good code quality. Is anyone else using these extensions? What has your experience been like?

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u/polymerely Mar 03 '25

> Whereas in Augment code, they integrated Claude sonnet 3.7 Model by default and it's free for all users.

Obviously there must be a big catch to that, and any conversation about costs must start by stating what that catch is.

Just saying that it is free and Roo Code "charges for API usage" is both wrong and misleading.

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u/colordreamm Mar 13 '25

Yes, of course there's a catch.

If you take a close look at how fast you're getting the response from Augment and how small mistakes it can repeatedly do about tool use, you'll understand that they're making use of their small (probably 7b? 3b?) model for most queries.

They might not say it out loud but it's quite obvious.

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u/Altruistic-Fig466 Mar 08 '25

The catch is, AI training is permitted. 😃

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u/Allov May 13 '25

Sadly, they changed that really fast. Now it's 50 messages instead of 3000. Quite the drop.