GitHub Copilot

Overview

GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant that delivers inline completions and chat across Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, the JetBrains IDEs, Neovim and Eclipse, as well as GitHub.com, the CLI and GitHub Mobile. Beyond autocompletion it offers an agent mode that plans and runs tasks autonomously, a coding agent that takes a GitHub issue through to a pull request, automated pull request review, and a choice of underlying models including Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's GPT and Google's Gemini. Enterprise plans include IP indemnity and an option to filter suggestions that match public code.

Best for teams that live in GitHub and want one vendor for hosting, CI/CD and AI assistance.

Copilot fits teams that already build on GitHub and want AI woven through the same account they use for hosting, pull requests and CI. It runs in almost every major IDE and on GitHub.com, combines inline completions with an agent mode and an issue-to-pull-request coding agent, and lets developers pick between Claude, GPT and Gemini models. A free tier and enterprise IP indemnity make it straightforward to trial and to get approved inside a company.

Key Facts

Features

Where it runs

VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim and GitHub.com

Inline completions

Yes, inline completions and chat

Agent mode

Yes, agent mode from issue to pull request

Model choice

Yes, models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Moonshot AI and Microsoft; which ones are offered depends on the plan and the client

Data control

Business and Enterprise customer data is not used to train models; a duplicate-detection filter blocks suggestions matching about 150 characters of public code, and free and individual plans carry a training opt-out

Ecosystem fit

GitHub, one vendor for hosting, CI/CD and AI

API

N/A

Integrations

Integrations coming soon.

Deployment and Support

Deployment

• Cloud (SaaS)
• Browser-based

Company size

• Freelancers
• Small and mid-sized
• Enterprise

Suitability

The table combines the industries the vendor addresses with the company sizes the tool is aimed at. An empty cell means the combination is not stated, not that it is ruled out.

Pros and Cons

Pricing

• Free

  $0

  2,000 completions per month.

• Pro

  $10

  Per month.

• Pro+

  $39

  Per month.

• Enterprise

  $39

  Per user.

Best For

• Technology

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