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GitHub Copilot

by GitHub (Microsoft)

The original AI pair programmer, now an agentic coding platform baked into your editor and GitHub.

Pros

  • Tightest native integration with GitHub repos, Actions, and PRs
  • Backed by Microsoft with strong enterprise compliance and indemnity
  • Broad model choice and huge ecosystem/extension support

Cons

  • Shift to usage-based (token/credit) billing adds cost unpredictability
  • Agentic features less aggressive than dedicated agents like Devin
  • Premium model usage can quickly exceed included credits

✓ Where it shines / best for

  • Developers wanting broad IDE coverage and a low-cost Pro tier
  • Organizations standardizing AI coding with admin governance
  • GitHub-centric teams wanting AI across PRs, CLI and the web

✕ Not the best fit for

  • Users wanting a fully autonomous standalone agent like Devin
  • Teams needing self-hosted/air-gapped models
  • Heavy agentic users on the limited free tier

Features

  • ✓ AI code completions inline across all major IDEs
  • ✓ Copilot Chat for explanations, refactoring and Q&A
  • ✓ Agent mode that plans and executes multi-file changes
  • ✓ Multi-model choice (Claude, GPT, Gemini and others)
  • ✓ Copilot in the CLI, GitHub.com and pull requests
  • ✓ Code review suggestions on pull requests
  • ✓ Custom instructions and knowledge bases for teams
  • ✓ Enterprise policy, security and audit controls

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Free$0month50 agent-mode/chat requests per month; 2,000 completions per month; access to multiple models (Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini, etc.); Copilot CLI
Pro$10month$100/year; unlimited completions and GPT-5 mini chat; Copilot cloud agent and code review; 300 premium requests/mo; multi-model access; 30-day free trial. (Usage-based billing rolling out June 1, 2026.)
Pro+$39month$390/year; everything in Pro plus access to all models including Claude Opus; 1,500 premium requests/mo (5x Pro); GitHub Spark
Business$19user/monthFor organizations; 300 premium requests/user/mo; user management and policy controls; included monthly AI credits
Enterprise$39user/monthRequires GitHub Enterprise Cloud; highest premium-request allowance; advanced security, audit and admin features

Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.

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