Augment Code vs JetBrains AI Assistant

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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JetBrains AI Assistant edges out Augment Code overall, scoring 11 out of 100 versus 6, and shows up more often too, named in 15 of 70 answers compared to Augment Code's 7 of 70. Head-to-head, JetBrains comes out ahead on 7 questions, Augment Code leads on just 2, and the two tie on 11. Augment Code does stand out for codebase-wide work, named in 3 of 4 answers on best AI coding agents across a whole codebase and 3 of 3 on best for large codebases. JetBrains, meanwhile, gets named for professional developers and Python, each 3 of 4 answers.

Head to head

metric	Augment Code	JetBrains AI Assistant
score	6	11
questions won	3	7

By assistant

Augment Code

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	8	10% of answers	#3.0
Claude	3	5% of answers	#5.0
Gemini	9	20% of answers	#10.0
Perplexity	7	10% of answers	#4.5

JetBrains AI Assistant

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	17	30% of answers	#6.2
Claude	14	30% of answers	#8.2
Gemini	11	20% of answers	#6.0
Perplexity	2	5% of answers	#8.0

Where they differ

Only Augment Code gets named for

Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?
What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?

Only JetBrains AI Assistant gets named for

What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?
Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?
What are the best AI coding assistants?
What's the best AI code editor right now?
Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?
What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?

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