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Excellent fit · Coding assistants
GitHub Copilot
Completions, chat, and agents inside the tools you already use.
The practical pick when you want AI inside VS Code or JetBrains and you already live on GitHub.
- Vendor
- GitHub
- Pricing tier
- Freemium
- Best for
- Completions and chat in an existing IDE
- Open source
- No
What it is
GitHub Copilot is GitHub's coding assistant. It offers inline completions, chat, and agent mode across editors such as VS Code and JetBrains, plus GitHub surfaces. A free individual tier exists. Business and enterprise plans add admin controls. Model lists and credit allowances change; confirm them on the plans page.
Copilot Free is a limited individual tier. Paid Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans are published by GitHub.
Why it ranks
- Lives in widely used editors instead of requiring a new one
- Tied to GitHub pull requests, code scanning, and the rest of the platform
- Free tier is documented on the official plans page
Watch outs
- The free tier is capped; agent-heavy work needs a paid plan
- Feature availability differs between individual and enterprise plans