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GitHub Copilot

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About

GitHub Copilot provides contextual assistance across software development, including inline IDE suggestions, chat, code explanations, and answers to documentation questions. It can index codebases and is available through GitHub, several editors, the CLI, and GitHub Mobile on Android and iOS. Supported editors include Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, JetBrains IDEs, Azure Data Studio, Eclipse, and Xcode. Copilot also supports agent workflows launched from GitHub, where users can track agents, review changes, and merge completed work. The Free plan includes 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month for individual developers without organizational or enterprise access. Pro costs 10.00 USD per month, Pro+ 39.00 USD per month, and Max 100.00 USD per month; Business costs 19.00 USD per granted seat per month and Enterprise 39.00 USD per granted seat per month. Paid plans include unlimited completions, while chat, agents, code review, CLI, and Copilot Apps consume GitHub AI Credits. Suggestions are probabilistic, and models are trained on natural language and publicly available source code.

Who it is for

Copilot Pro is designed for individual developers, freelancers, students, educators, and open source maintainers. Business and Enterprise are aimed at organizations that need administration and policy controls.

What is good

  • Inline suggestions, chat, explanations, and documentation answers
  • Available across editors, CLI, GitHub, and mobile
  • Can index codebases and access terminals
  • Organization plans include governance and access controls

What to know first

  • Free plan limits completions and chat requests
  • Paid chat and agent features consume AI Credits
  • Free access excludes users with organizational Copilot access

Verdict

Copilot spans editor assistance, chat, CLI access, and agent workflows. Review monthly usage limits and AI Credit consumption against the way your team expects to use it.

Compared on AI coding assistants

Free plan
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Paid from
$10/user/mogithub.com
Code completion
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Chat assistance
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Coding agent
Yesgithub.com
Supported IDEs
Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, Xcodegithub.com
Codebase indexing
Yesgithub.com
Terminal access
Yesgithub.com

Facts

Free tier limit
Free includes 2,000 code completions per month.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Free tier models
Free includes access to Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini, and more.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Free eligibility
Free is for individual developers without organizational or enterprise Copilot access.docs.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Free tier support
The Free plan includes community support.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Trial access
Users may switch to Free if they have Pro through a paid subscription, trial, or verified account.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Refund policy
The supplied page text does not state a refund policy.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Supported platforms
Copilot is available on GitHub, Visual Studio, VS Code, Xcode, JetBrains, Neovim, Eclipse, and Raycast.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Terminal support
Copilot works in terminals through GitHub CLI and Windows Terminal Canary chat.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Security controls
Organizations can control MCP server access and use allow lists.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Enterprise security
Business includes data privacy and IP indemnity; the Trust Center covers security and privacy.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Team administration
Business provides access control, budget control, governance, and pooled credits per user.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Enterprise administration
Administrators can control preview features, models, and organization policies.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Tool integrations
Copilot works with GitHub, IDEs, the CLI, project tools, chat apps, and custom MCP servers.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Third-party agents
Pro supports Claude Code and Codex; cloud agent can delegate to Claude and OpenAI Codex on higher plans.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Support channels
Free includes community support, while Business includes web-based support.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Company scale
GitHub says Copilot has millions of individual users and tens of thousands of business customers.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Generation behavior
Copilot generates probabilistic suggestions and does not copy and paste from codebases.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Training data
Models are trained on natural language and source code from publicly available sources, including public GitHub repositories.github.com · 27 Sept 2026
Product purpose
GitHub Copilot provides contextual assistance across the software development lifecycle, including inline IDE suggestions, chat, code explanations, and answers to documentation questions.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Agent workflows
Copilot can launch work from GitHub, track multiple agents, review changes, and merge completed work from its desktop workspace.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Supported editors
Copilot is available in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, JetBrains IDEs, Azure Data Studio, Eclipse, and Xcode.docs.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
CLI access
Copilot CLI is included with all Copilot plans and can be installed with npm, WinGet, Homebrew, or an install script.docs.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Mobile access
All Copilot plans are supported in GitHub Mobile, which is available as an Android and iOS app.docs.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Integrations
Copilot works with GitHub, IDEs, the CLI, project tools, chat apps, and custom MCP servers.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Copilot Extensions
Copilot Extensions let users interact with external tools and services in Copilot Chat in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, GitHub.com, and GitHub Mobile.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Cloud-agent security
Copilot cloud agent checks generated code for security issues and gets a second opinion through Copilot code review before finalizing a pull request.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Agent isolation
Cloud and local sandboxes provide isolated execution environments for Copilot to interact with code, tools, filesystems, and network resources.docs.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Content exclusion
Copilot Business and Enterprise administrators can exclude files so they do not provide inline suggestions, inform responses, or receive Copilot code reviews.docs.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Usage limits
Paid plans have unlimited code completions and next edit suggestions, while chat, agents, code review, CLI, and Copilot Apps consume GitHub AI Credits.github.com · 28 Sept 2026
Intended users
Copilot Pro is designed for individual developers, freelancers, students, educators, and open source maintainers; Business and Enterprise are for organizations and enterprises.github.com · 28 Sept 2026

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