# GitHub Copilot — AI Compare Ninja

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

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (Coding assistants & IDEs)
- **Status:** Active · checked - An active free tier and self-service subscriptions are available.
- **Paid from:** $10 / Month (Pro)
- **Free access:** Free plan (2,000 completions/month. Chat and agent usage is limited.)
- **Website:** https://github.com/features/copilot
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/github-copilot

## What it does
- 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

## In brief
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.


## 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.

## Pricing tiers
| 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 |

## 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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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/github-copilot*