Chat-based AI software engineer that builds full-stack web apps and sites from prompts.
GitHub Copilot
AI Coding & App BuildersGitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant, offering inline completions and next edit suggestions, chat, an agent mode in the IDE and a cloud coding agent that works on issues and opens pull requests. It runs in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, Eclipse and Neovim, plus a CLI and GitHub Mobile, and supports models from several providers depending on plan. It is used by individual developers and by companies already on GitHub.
Pricing
GitHub Copilot pricing
Free plan (limited); Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Business $19/user/mo
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on github.com
Features
What GitHub Copilot does
- Inline code completion and next edit suggestions
- Agent mode for multi-file edits in the IDE
- Cloud coding agent that works from issues and opens PRs
- Automated pull request code review
- Choice of models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others
- Copilot CLI and GitHub Mobile access
Pros
- Works in the widest range of IDEs
- Deep integration with GitHub issues, PRs and Actions
- Completions do not draw from the AI credit allowance on paid plans
- Has a free plan
Cons
- Usage-based AI credits introduced in 2026 can be used up quickly with agents and code review
- Top-tier models are restricted to higher plans
- Individual plan sign-ups and limits changed abruptly in 2026
- Agent mode is less central to the experience than in AI-first editors
Fit
Who GitHub Copilot is for
Look elsewhere if: Non-developers who want to generate and host a complete app from a prompt should use an AI app builder instead.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Copilot Business and Enterprise are in scope of GitHub SOC 2 and ISO 27001; policies and seats are managed through GitHub organizations.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Via GitHub Enterprise (SAML)
- SCIM user provisioning
- Via GitHub Enterprise
- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
- Yes
- HIPAA (BAA available)
- —
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Data residency options
- Via GHE.com data residency
- No training on your data
- Business & Enterprise
- Audit logs
- Business & Enterprise
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud
From the vendor's own security documentation (trust center). "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Coding & Apps feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Type | Extension + cloud agent |
| Inline code completion | Yes |
| Multi-file agent | Yes |
| Builds full apps from prompts | Limited |
| Hosting / deploy included | No |
| Backend / database | No |
| GitHub integration | Yes |
| Choice of AI models | Yes |
| Export / own the code | Yes |
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