# Composal vs Augment Code Review

Augment provides code-context review of a change. Composal verifies running web behavior with hosted Scenarios, Discovery, and Deep Scan, then supplies recordings and reproducible Findings.

## Composal

Composal sends AI browser agents to use your running web app and check the outcomes you care about. Define journeys as plain-English Scenarios, map existing flows with Discovery, or explore for bugs with Deep Scan. Runs keep recordings and reproduction steps so your team or coding agent can investigate a Finding.

[Verify documentation](https://composal.com/docs/verify)

## Augment Code Review

AI-assisted review grounded in large codebases

Augment Code Review uses codebase context to analyze pull requests and identify issues. The vendor positions it within an AI development platform built for understanding large, complex repositories.

## What each tool does

| Workflow | Composal | Augment Code Review |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Run browser journeys](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Run saved browser Scenarios and return recordings and reproducible Findings. | × No: The documented product reviews or analyzes source changes; it does not execute browser journeys. |
| [Map application workflows](https://composal.com/product/discovery) | ✓ Yes: Discovery maps key application areas and user journeys. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Explore for unexpected issues](https://composal.com/product/deep-scan) | ✓ Yes: Deep Scan explores the running application and reports reproducible issues. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Describe checks in plain English](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Author Scenarios around the intended user outcome, then review the steps and expected results. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Run or inspect from a terminal](https://composal.com/product/cli) | ✓ Yes: Use the CLI to start and inspect verification runs and their Findings. | – With setup: Connect its specialist checks to your development workflow using supported integrations. |
| Source code review and analysis | × No: Use a dedicated tool for this specialist workflow alongside Composal’s browser verification. | ✓ Yes: Augment Code Review uses codebase context to analyze pull requests and identify issues. The vendor positions it within an AI development platform built for understanding large, complex repositories. |

With setup means you supply code or configuration. Not confirmed means support for this workflow needs checking with the vendor.

## Where each fits

Choose Augment when repository-scale context and AI coding assistance are priorities. Choose Composal when acceptance depends on real browser behavior. Use them together to cover source and runtime evidence.

## Try this evaluation

Pick a pull request touching shared application logic. Compare Augment review findings with Composal results from affected browser journeys, separating code-context issues from failures that appear only after deployment.

### Coverage

Which user outcomes must this release prove, and which specialist checks must stay in your existing stack?

### Setup

Who prepares accounts, test data, permissions and access to the deployment being tested?

### Evidence

Can the engineer reproduce a reported failure from the recording and steps, without asking the tester to investigate again?

### Ownership

Who updates the checks when the product changes, and can the team review what a passing result actually proves?

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- [Composal vs Graphite Code Review](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-graphite-code-review.md)
- [Composal vs GitHub Copilot code review](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-github-copilot-code-review.md)
- [Composal vs GitLab Duo Code Review](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-gitlab-duo-code-review.md)

[All comparisons](https://composal.com/compare.md)