GitHub Copilot

Name: GitHub Copilot
Price: 10 USD
Author: GitHub (Microsoft)

★4.8/ 5

by GitHub (Microsoft)

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The most widely-used AI coding assistant with deep GitHub ecosystem integration. Available across VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio. Free tier; Pro $10/mo, Business $19/user, Enterprise $39/user.

GitHub Copilot is the most widely adopted AI coding assistant, built by GitHub and Microsoft and powered by OpenAI and Anthropic models. It operates as a plugin across VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, Xcode, Eclipse, and Visual Studio -- the broadest IDE coverage in the category, which is its core competitive advantage over AI-native IDEs like Cursor and Windsurf that lock you into a single editor. The free tier includes 2,000 code completions and 50 premium requests per month. Pro at $10/month gives unlimited completions and 300 premium requests. Pro+ at $39/month added in early 2026 gives 1,500 premium requests and access to GPT-4.1. Business at $19/user/month adds team policy management, audit logs, and IP indemnity. Enterprise at $39/user/month adds codebase indexing and requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Agent mode, code review, and the cloud agent all consume premium requests -- heavy agent users can exhaust their monthly allowance faster than the plan price suggests.

Pricing

freemium · $10

Segment

b2c

Setup

easy

Verified

May 2, 2026

Capabilities

code-generationmulti-file-editingautocompleteagentic-codingidegit-native

Pros & Limitations

Editorial assessment

Pros

✓Broadest IDE coverage in the category -- VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Xcode, Eclipse, and Visual Studio, unlike AI-native IDEs that lock you into one editor
✓Genuinely usable free tier with 2,000 completions and 50 premium requests -- the most useful free coding assistant at no cost
✓Business plan enterprise controls -- team policy management, audit logs, and IP indemnity at $19/user/month make it the compliance-safe default for large organisations

Limitations

⚠Premium request metering means agent mode, code review, and chat consume your monthly allowance fast -- heavy users on Pro will hit limits regularly
⚠Multi-file agentic editing lags behind Cursor and Claude Code for complex repository-wide refactoring tasks requiring deep contextual reasoning
⚠New sign-ups for Pro and Pro+ temporarily paused from April 20 2026 -- check GitHub for current availability before recommending to new users

Technical Details

Deployment

ide-extensionweb

Model architectureGPT-4 / Claude / Codex

Avg setup time< 5 minutes (IDE extension install, GitHub account sign-in)

Autonomous rateCopilot Workspace and agent mode autonomously plan and submit PRs from a GitHub issue description. Inline completion and chat are copilot-mode (human-in-loop). Background agents run autonomously between sessions.

MCP compatibleYes

Integrations

VS CodeJetBrainsNeovimGitHubAzure

Security

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR