Microsoft Agent 365 vs Augment Code Intent

Augment Code Intent edges out Microsoft Agent 365 by 0.5 points (8.0 vs 7.5) -- a A-tier vs B-tier split that's narrow but real. Not a blowout; both belong on a shortlist. The score gap shows up most clearly in the categories that matter for Augment Code Intent's strengths, so if those categories are your priority, the lead translates.

Neither tool offers a free tier. Microsoft Agent 365 starts at $15, Augment Code Intent at Included in Auggie subscription. Plan to budget for whichever you pick. The cheap tier usually caps out faster than buyers expect, so look at what the entry plan actually includes -- both vendors have raised list prices in 2026 and the limits are where most of the cost surprise lives.

By use case: pick Microsoft Agent 365 when enterprise it and security teams running mixed-ai environments who need a single pane of glass over local agents (openclaw, copilot cli, claude code), copilot studio agents, and cloud agents in aws bedrock / google cloud / azure. Pick Augment Code Intent when engineering teams already using augment code's auggie or running mixed claude-code + codex workflows who want higher-level orchestration than writing langgraph graphs from scratch. The two tools aren't fighting for the same person -- they're aiming at adjacent jobs that occasionally overlap. If you're squarely in Augment Code Intent's lane, the tier-list ranking and the use-case fit point the same direction; if you're in Microsoft Agent 365's lane, the score gap matters less than the fit.

Bottom line: Augment Code Intent is the safer default for most readers, but Microsoft Agent 365 is competitive enough that the tie-breaker is your specific workload, not the spec sheet.