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: 2026-03-12 00:09:18
AI Models Powering GitHub Copilot
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GitHub Copilot Pricing
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GitHub Copilot Features
Code & Development
Conversation & 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
Company Info
- Company
- GitHub (Microsoft)
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Deployment
- Cloud
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