What is GitHub Copilot?
GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that helps developers write better code with AI assistance integrated into their workflow.
GitHub Copilot pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available. Team plan $4/user/month. Codespaces from $0.18/hr compute + $0.07/GB storage.
Free
FreeThe basics for individuals and organizations
- ci_cd_minutes
- 2000 per month
- packages_storage
- 500 MB
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2000 CI/CD minutes/month
- 500MB Packages storage
- Issues & Projects
- Community support
Team
Advanced collaboration for individuals and organizations
- Everything in Free
- GitHub Codespaces access
- Repository rules
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
Add-ons
- GitHub Codespaces$0.18 per hour + $0.07 per GB
What GitHub Copilot does
The capabilities that matter for ai coding assistants, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Form
- Chat / edit
- Autonomy level
- Agentic
- Editor / surface support
- VS Code, GitHub web interface, Desktop App
- Model source
- -
- Self-hostable / air-gapped
- -
- Codebase context
- -
- Multi-file edits
- -
- Runs commands / tools
- ✓
- Zero-data-retention option
- -
- Enterprise controls
- ✓
- Language coverage
- -
- Pricing model
- Per-seat
- Open-source client
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- VS Code
- GitHub
GitHub Copilot alternatives
Other ai coding assistants we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for GitHub Copilot, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 16.00 | 1600.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 32.00 | 1466.1 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 80 | 10.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 12.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 50 | 12.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 18.00 | 247.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 0 | 5.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Github Activity | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"form":"chat_edit","autonomy":"agentic","pricing_model":"per_seat","runs_commands":true,"editor_support":"VS Code, GitHub web interface, Desktop App","enterprise_controls":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |