GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI pair programmer with code completions, agent mode, and code review across all major IDEs
GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI pair programmer offering code completions, chat, agent mode, code review, and a coding agent. The free tier includes 2,000 completions and 50 premium requests per month. Pro+ users get access to frontier models including Claude Opus 4 and o3. Premium requests system allows advanced features with $0.04/request overage. Includes Copilot Autofix for automated vulnerability fixes. Free for verified students via GitHub Student Developer Pack.
Last updated: 2026-03-09 00:34:45
Company Size
Solopreneur to Enterprise
Free Trial
Yes
Free Plan
Yes
Deployment
Cloud
GitHub Copilot Pricing
Free
Free
Pro
$10
per user/month
Pro+
$39
per user/month
Business
$19
per user/month
Enterprise
$39
per user/month
Pricing verified as of research date. Contact vendor for current pricing.
GitHub Copilot Features
Code & Development
Code Completion
Code Explanation
Code Generation
Code Review
IDE Integration
Multi-Language Coding
Terminal / CLI Integration
Conversation & Chat
Natural Language Chat
GitHub Copilot Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Seamless IDE integration feels natural in the coding workflow
- + Excellent code completion — often predicts exactly what you need
- + Backed by Microsoft/GitHub with massive training data
- + Free tier available for individual developers
Cons
- - Suggestions can be confidently wrong, especially for niche frameworks
- - Privacy concerns around code being sent to cloud for processing
- - Chat mode less capable than dedicated AI assistants like Claude
- - Doesn't support all IDEs equally well
GitHub Copilot Integrations
VS Code
JetBrains IDEs
Neovim
GitHub
Azure DevOps
Company Info
- Company
- GitHub (Microsoft)
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Deployment
- Cloud
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