GitHub Copilot

Work on code in the IDE, terminal, and GitHub with autocomplete, chat, and coding agents.

Free accessFree plan2,000 completions/month. Chat and agent usage is limited.

Paid fromProUnlimited completions and next edit

At a Glance

GitHub Copilot is an AI tool for Coding assistants & IDEs (category: Development & Code). Free access: Free plan. Paid from $10 (Pro). Documented: 7 plans with prices and limits.

Category: Coding assistants & IDEs
Paid from: $10 / Month (Pro)
Free Option: Free plan
Plans: 7
Sources: 5 verified sources
Website: github.com (opens in a new tab)

Category: Development & Code · Coding assistants & IDEs

Features

GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant for developers. It completes code, answers questions in Copilot Chat, and in Agent Mode can independently handle tasks such as debugging, refactoring, and test generation. VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and other IDEs are supported.

Free includes 2,000 code completions per month and limited AI usage. Copilot Pro costs US$10 per month: completions and next edit suggestions are unlimited, while chat and agents use an AI credit allowance. Paying does not make every feature unlimited.

Code auto-completion in all major IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, etc.)
Copilot Chat for questions, refactoring, and explanations directly in the editor
Copilot Agent Mode for autonomous multi-step coding tasks
GitHub.com integration with PR summaries and code reviews
Support for more than 40 programming languages
Free with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month
Current flagship models from Pro+: GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Claude Opus 5.5, and xAI Grok 4.7

Prices and plans

Tier	Price	Period	What you get
Free	free	Month	2,000 completions/mo 50 chat requests per FAQ Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini and more Copilot CLI
Copilot Student	free	month	For verified students Automatic model selection; no third-party coding agents
Pro	$10	Month	Unlimited completions and next edit Cloud agent, code review Third-party agents (Claude Code, Codex) 1,500 AI credits total (1,000 base + 500 flex) / $15 credit value
Pro+	$39	Month	Premium models including Claude Opus 5.5, xAI Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash Audit logs 7,000 credits (3,900+3,100) / $70 credit value
Max	$100	Month	Includes everything in Pro+, including premium models such as Claude Opus 5.5, xAI Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, and Gemini 3.8 Flash Highest individual credits: 20,000 (10,000+10,000) / $200 credit value Priority access
Business	$19	Month	1,900 AI credits per user Central policies Self-serve for new orgs on Free/Team paused since 22 Apr 2026
Enterprise	$39	Month	3,900 AI credits per user GitHub.com chat, codebase index Priority models

Prices per vendor, excl. taxes/VAT where applicable.

Limits

1 AI credit = $0.01. Completions and next edit on paid plans do not use credits. Overage $0.01 per credit. The plans page and the docs table (base+flex=total) carry the same dollar values. The plans page lists Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5. Sonnet 5 stays listed. Seat prices stay the same.

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FAQ

Is GitHub Copilot available for free?

Yes. A permanently free plan is published, not a time-limited trial. 2,000 completions/month. Chat and agent usage is limited.

Where is the vendor of GitHub Copilot based?

GitHub, Inc. (subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation) is based in the USA. Regardless of that location, data processing and privacy terms are governed by the vendor's own contract.

How is GitHub Copilot billed?

Copilot Pro $10/user/month. Free with 2,000 completions. Business $19, Enterprise $39 per seat. GitHub bills Copilot exclusively in US dollars worldwide; there is no official euro or CHF price list for Germany, Austria and Switzerland either. Card billing is in USD. Claude Fable 5 and 5.1 are available from Pro+ but require Anthropic's data retention for safety classifiers. A zero-data-retention exception applies until the end of 2026; after that, Enterprise Frontier Safeguards is required.

How much does GitHub Copilot cost?

The cheapest paid plan of GitHub Copilot is Pro at $10. 7 plans are documented in total, each with its price and limits.

Is GitHub Copilot currently available?

GitHub Copilot is still active. An active free tier and self-service subscriptions are available.

How we compare

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Sources

All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

https://github.com/features/copilot
https://github.com/features/copilot/plans
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/ai-models/supported-models

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