GitHub Copilot — GitHub's AI coding assistant built into VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and GitHub.com, free for 2,000 completions/month or $10/month per user for unlimited completions and agent features.
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Best for: developers in GitHub-integrated IDEs wanting inline AI completions plus PR review and coding-agent features
Pricing: Free tier with 2,000 completions/month; Pro at $10/user/month; Pro+ at $39/user/month; Business/Enterprise from $19-$39/user/month.
- GitHub Copilot's free tier includes 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month.
- Copilot Pro costs $10/user/month with $15/month in model credits; Pro+ costs $39/user/month with $70/month in credits.
- The Capterra listing for GitHub Copilot (under the name "Copilot") shows a 4.5/5 rating from 50 reviews.
- Copilot integrates natively with VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, and GitHub.com.
- Business and Enterprise organization plans are priced around $19 and $39 per user/month respectively, per third-party trackers.
Limitations: Usage-based model credits on paid tiers make monthly costs less predictable for heavy users.; Generated code for complex logic or large codebases still needs careful manual review.; Business/Enterprise pricing is not listed directly on GitHub's public pricing page.
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What is GitHub Copilot?
GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant built by GitHub (Microsoft) that suggests code completions, answers questions in a chat interface, reviews pull requests, and can run autonomous coding agents against a repository. It integrates directly into VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, and GitHub.com itself, and supports multiple underlying AI models (GitHub's own models alongside third-party options like Claude, GPT, and Gemini depending on plan). Copilot's free tier gives every GitHub user a capped number of completions and chat requests per month with no subscription required. Paid individual tiers (Pro, Pro+, Max) unlock unlimited code completions and a monthly pool of "premium request" credits that get consumed faster by more capable models and agent tasks like the Copilot coding agent or Copilot CLI. Organization-wide Business and Enterprise plans add centralized policy management, usage controls, and IP indemnity for companies deploying Copilot across development teams.
GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI pair-programming assistant, offering inline code completions, chat, code review, and cloud coding agents directly inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and GitHub.com. The Free plan includes 2,000 completions and 50 chat requests per month; Pro is $10/user/month with unlimited completions plus $15 in monthly model credits, Pro+ is $39/user/month with $70 in credits and access to premium models like Opus, and Business/Enterprise plans ($19 and $39/user/month respectively, per third-party pricing trackers) add organization-wide policy controls and IP indemnity. On Capterra, the listing (under "Copilot") shows a 4.5/5 rating from 50 reviews. It's best for developers already working in GitHub-integrated IDEs who want inline AI suggestions and agent-based code review, though reviewers note the shift to usage-based model credits has made heavier users' bills less predictable than the old flat-rate plan.
Standout feature: Deep native integration across GitHub.com, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs, including autonomous coding agents that can open pull requests directly against a repository.
Biggest weakness: Paid tiers now run on a usage-based model-credit system layered on top of the flat per-seat price, and reviewers report that heavy usage of premium models (like Opus on Pro+) can burn through included credits faster than expected, making costs less predictable than the earlier flat-rate Copilot plan.
Pros
- Deep, first-party integration with GitHub.com, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs.
- Free tier gives every GitHub user a meaningful number of completions with no subscription.
- Supports multiple AI models (including third-party models like Claude and Gemini) depending on plan.
- Coding agent and PR review features extend beyond simple autocomplete into automated code changes.
Cons
- Usage-based model credits on paid tiers make monthly costs harder to predict for heavy users.
- Not always reliable on complex logic or large codebases; generated code still needs careful review.
- Business and Enterprise pricing isn't listed directly on GitHub's public pricing page, requiring a sales conversation.
- Premium model access (like Opus on Pro+) consumes credits significantly faster than base models.
GitHub Copilot pricing
Free tier · paid from $10/mo · verified from the vendor's pricing page
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month; access to smaller models (e.g. Haiku, GPT-5 mini); Copilot CLI; community support. |
| Pro | $10/mo | Per user. Unlimited code completions, $15/month in model credits, cloud agent access, code review, third-party agent support (Claude Code, Codex), model selection. |
| Pro+ | $39/mo | Per user. $70/month in model credits, access to premium models including Opus, audit logs, 4x+ usage allowance versus Pro. |
| Business | $19/mo | Per user, organization plan. Adds centralized policy management and usage controls for teams; pricing per third-party trackers, not listed on github.com/pricing directly. |
| Enterprise | $39/mo | Per user, requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Adds IP indemnity, organization-wide governance, and the highest usage allowances. |
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