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GitHub Copilot
AI coding assistance for code completion, chat, agents, code review, and command-line workflows.
GitHub Copilot helps developers write, explain, edit, review, and test code from GitHub, supported IDEs, the command line, and mobile apps. It supports agent workflows, model selection, custom agents, MCP servers, and cloud-based development tasks.
Individuals can use a Free plan or paid monthly plans. Chat, agents, code review, Copilot CLI, Spaces, and Spark use GitHub AI Credits; additional usage can cost extra after the included allowance.
Features
- Generates code completions and next-edit suggestions
- Explains code and answers questions in context
- Edits files and validates changes with agent mode
- Assigns tasks to Copilot cloud agent
- Reviews pull requests and suggests code changes
- Runs Copilot from the command line with Copilot CLI
- Supports custom agents and MCP servers
- Offers model selection and third-party agents
Use cases
- Complete code while working in an IDE
- Ask questions about a repository or codebase
- Assign implementation tasks to cloud agents
- Review pull requests and resolve findings
- Run coding assistance from a terminal
- Create shared project context with Copilot Spaces
Pros
Cons
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Capabilities
- Inline completion — “Although inline suggestion functionality is available across all these extensions, chat functionality is currently available only in Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio.” 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 — “Inspect diffs, preview via in-app browser, run terminal checks, and merge PRs directly inside your session.” 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 — “GitHub Copilot is also available in the terminal/CLI, through the GitHub Copilot desktop app, on the web, on mobile, in Slack, and in Teams.” 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 — “Scale knowledge and keep teams consistent by creating a shared source of truth that includes context from your docs and repositories.” source
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Security
- SOC 2 — “GitHub’s API stays secure with ISO, SOC 2, and GDPR.” source
Pricing
- Starting price
- $10/user/mo
- Prices checked
- 2026-11-05
Free
Free
- 2,000 completions per month
- Access to Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini, and more
- Copilot CLI
- Community Support
Pro
- $ 10 USD per user / month
- Access to Copilot in the cloud and code review
- Unlimited code completion and next edit suggestions
- Access to 3rd party agents (Claude Code and Codex)
- Model selection
- $15 monthly total credits for Pro
Pro+
- $ 39 USD per user / month
- Access to premium models, including Opus
- Audit logs
- 4x+ included usage than Pro
- $70 monthly total credits for Pro+
Max
- $ 100 USD per user / month
- Priority access to new models and features
- 2.9x+ included usage than Pro+
- $200 monthly total credits for Max