GitHub Copilot vs Tabby

In short

• Both: Inline completion, Chat about your code, Agent that edits files, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Choice of models
• Only GitHub Copilot states: Knows the whole codebase, Runs commands, Reviews pull requests, Command line, No code retained, Builds agents and workflows, Search over your data
• Only Tabby states: Self-hosted

GitHub Copilot

AI coding assistance for code completion, chat, agents, code review, and command-line workflows.

Plans

Free

Free

• Limited chat and agent usage
• CLI included
• Agent mode included
• 2,000 inline suggestions per month
• Copilot Spaces included

Pro

• $10 per month

• App modernization for Java and .NET
• Assign work to Copilot to create a pull request
• Code review in GitHub and code editors
• Cloud agent included
• Unlimited inline suggestions
• Copilot Spaces included

Pro+

• $39 per month

• Delegate tasks to third-party coding agents (Preview)
• Cloud agent included
• Code review in GitHub and code editors
• Unlimited inline suggestions
• Copilot Spaces included
• CLI included

Max

• $100 per month

• Cloud agent included
• Code review in GitHub and code editors
• Unlimited inline suggestions
• Copilot Spaces included
• CLI included
• Built for heavy Copilot usage

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Inline completion — “Unlimited code completion and next edit suggestions” source
• Chat about your code — “All the offerings include both inline suggestion and chat assistance.” source
• Agent that edits files — “Assign work to Copilot to research, plan, and write code — with or without a pull request” source
• Knows the whole codebase — “GitHub Copilot Enterprise can index an organization’s codebase for a deeper understanding of the customer’s knowledge for more tailored suggestions” source
• Runs commands — “run terminal checks” source
• Reviews pull requests — “Pull request reviews in GitHub” source
• VS Code — “GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio.” source
• JetBrains IDEs — “GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio.” source
• Command line — “Use Copilot from your terminal” source
• Choice of models — “Choose from leading LLMs optimized for speed, accuracy, or cost.” source
• No code retained — “Prompts and Suggestions: Not retained” source
• Builds agents and workflows — “Turn skills and prompts into repeatable work that can be run on a regular basis.” source
• Search over your data — “creating a shared source of truth that includes context from your docs and repositories.” source

Security

• SOC 2 — “GitHub’s API stays secure with ISO, SOC 2, and GDPR.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-23 More ways to request and configure Copilot code reviews
• 2026-09-23 Local sandboxing in the GitHub Copilot app
• 2026-09-22 OpenTelemetry in the GitHub Copilot app

Tabby

Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant for code completion, coding questions, inline chat, and project context.

Plans

Community

Free

• Up to 5 users
• Local deployment
• Code Completion, Answer Engine, In-line chat & Context Provider

Team

• $19 /mo per seat

• Up to 50 users
• Flexible deployment
• Upgrade dev stack with AI in your organization

Enterprise

Price on request

• Unlimited users
• Customised deployment
• Enhanced security and group management

Basic Plan

• $180/yr

• Real-time code analysis
• Integrated code documentation
• Collaboration tools included

Business Plan

• $280/yr

• Advanced code suggestions
• Priority email support
• Real-time code analysis
• Integrated code documentation
• Collaboration tools included

Enterprise Plan

• $480/yr

• Priority email support
• Advanced code suggestions
• Real-time code analysis
• Integrated code documentation
• Collaboration tools included

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Inline completion — “AI suggestions that predict your next move” source
• Chat about your code — “Real-time AI chat directly in your code” source
• Agent that edits files — “An 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 who takes on tasks - planning, executing, and checking in - just like a human would.” source
• VS Code — “VS Code Neovim” source
• JetBrains IDEs — “IntelliJ Eclipse” source
• Choice of models — “Model Choices” source
• Self-hosted — “Tabby - Opensource, self-hosted AI coding assistant” source

Latest updates

• 2026-01-26 v0.32.0 (v0.32.0)

  Added Mistral embedding API support, generic OAuth, multi-branch indexing, and invitation-link email handling.

• 2025-09-26 v0.31.2 (v0.31.2)

  Added TABBY_INDEX_REPO_IN_SHARD to enable hourly sharded indexing when repository count exceeds 20.

• 2025-08-27 v0.31.1 (v0.31.1)

  Optimized SQLite connection parameters to improve stability.