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GitHub Copilot vs Greptile
GitHub Copilot or Greptile? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Knows the whole codebase, Runs commands, Reviews pull requests, Command line, Search over your data
- Only GitHub Copilot states: Inline completion, Chat about your code, Agent that edits files, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Choice of models, No code retained, Builds agents and workflows
- Only Greptile 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
- More ways to request and configure Copilot code reviews
- Local sandboxing in the GitHub Copilot app
- OpenTelemetry in the GitHub Copilot app
Greptile
Greptile reviews GitHub and GitLab pull requests with repository context, flags issues, and suggests fixes.
Plans
Starter
Free
- 50 credits per month
- 1 active developer
- Unlimited repositories
Pro
- $30 /seat/month
- 50 credits per seat per month
- Extra credits at $1 each
- Custom review rules
- Unlimited seats
- Unlimited repositories
- Unlimited integrations
Enterprise
Price on request
- Self-host in your own infrastructure
- SSO and SAML
- GitHub Enterprise Server and Enterprise Cloud with data residency
- GitLab Self-Managed, Bitbucket Data Center, and Gitea
- Perforce with P4 Code Review for on-premises deployments
- Security and compliance reviews
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Knows the whole codebase — “Greptile constructs a graph index of your codebase, then uses a swarm of agents to catch potential issues that humans might miss” source
- Runs commands — “You can now run a full Greptile review from your terminal.” source
- Reviews pull requests — “AI agents that review and test pull requests with full context of the codebase.” source
- Command line — “You can now run a full Greptile review from your terminal.” source
- Self-hosted — “Host Greptile in your own air-gapped environment.” source
- Search over your data — “Greptile builds a complete graph of your codebase - every function, class, and dependency.” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “Greptile is SOC2 Type II compliant.” source
- SOC 2 — “Greptile is SOC2 Type II compliant.” source
- Not: Not trained on your data — “may use such data to train and improve artificial intelligence algorithms and models” source
Latest updates
- Redesigned review summaries
We've redesigned review summaries with less clutter and fewer sections to scroll through, so you can get to the fixes faster.
- Greptile v5 (v5)
v5 runs a swarm of narrowly scoped agents in parallel.
- Security Agent
Greptile security review now pairs static scanning with an AI security agent to catch vulnerabilities in every pull request.