Software profile
GitHub Copilot
AI coding assistance across development workflows.
Overview
An AI coding assistant for writing, understanding, reviewing and maintaining software.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Broad support across editors
- terminals and GitHub workflows
- Free tier available for evaluation
- Configurable code review instructions
- Centralized controls for organizations
Cons
- Free plan has monthly usage limits
- Not available for GitHub Enterprise Server
- Organization-provided CLI access depends on administrator policy
- Public-code filtering is optional
Best suited for
Use cases
- Code completion
- Developer chat assistance
- Terminal-based code review
- Repository-specific review instructions
- Organization-managed coding assistance
Target audiences
- Individual software developers
- Development teams
- Engineering organizations
- GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers
- Terminal-focused developers
Features
- Cli Code Review
Copilot CLI supports reviewing code changes from the terminal with the /review command.
- Code Completion
All Copilot offerings include code completion and chat assistance; paid individual plans provide unlimited code completion and next edit suggestions.
- Custom Agents
Copilot CLI includes built-in custom agents and supports user-, repository-, and organization/enterprise-level custom agent profiles.
- Custom Code Review Instructions
Code reviews can be customized using repository-wide or path-specific instructions, including AGENTS.md and .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files.
- Enterprisecentralized Management
Copilot Enterprise includes centralized management and Copilot policy controls for organization members.
- Enterprisecodebase Indexing
Copilot Enterprise can index an organization's codebase to provide more tailored suggestions.
- Procloud Agent
Copilot Pro includes access to the Copilot cloud agent.
- Prounlimited Completions
Copilot Pro includes unlimited code completions.
Pricing
Free
$0 USD; includes 2,000 completions per month, Copilot CLI, and community support.
Official pricing sourceVerified 8/4/2026USD 19 month
$19 USD per user per month, including 1,900 AI credits per user.
Official pricing sourceVerified 8/4/2026USD 39 month
$39 USD per user per month, including 3,900 AI credits per user; available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
Official pricing sourceVerified 8/4/2026USD 39 month
$39 USD per user per month; includes $70 in monthly credits.
Official pricing sourceVerified 8/4/2026USD 100 month
$100 USD per user per month; includes $200 in monthly credits.
Official pricing sourceVerified 8/4/2026Alternatives
Verified alternatives are being researched.
Compatibility
Platforms
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio
- Vim
- Neovim
- JetBrains IDEs
- Azure Data Studio
- GitHub CLI
- Windows Terminal Canary
- GitHub.com
- and GitHub Mobile
Integrations
Not yet documented.
Languages
Not yet documented.