GitHub Copilot is Microsoft's AI coding assistant, integrated directly into VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim. It autocompletes code, explains functions, generates tests, and fixes bugs — trained on billions of lines of public code.
Best used for
Code generation, debugging, code review, documentation, and writing tests.
Who it's for
- Individuals looking for fast, capable AI assistance
- Small businesses wanting to automate repetitive work
- Teams that need a reliable AI they can trust
Free
Free
- 2,000 code completions/month
- 50 chat messages/month
- VS Code & JetBrains
- Multi-model selection
Individual
£8/mo
- Unlimited completions
- Unlimited chat
- CLI assistance
- PR summaries
Business
£15/mo
- Everything in Individual
- Organisation-wide policies
- Audit logs
- IP indemnity
Enterprise
£31/mo
- Everything in Business
- Copilot knowledge bases
- Fine-tuned models
- Custom AI models
Prices in GBP. Verified monthly. Always check the provider's site for the latest.
Free tier availableYes
API accessYes
Open sourceNo
Enterprise readyYes
GDPR compliantYes
SOC 2 certifiedYes
ISO 27001Yes
MFA supportedYes
Trains on your dataNo
Pros
- +Deeply integrated into VS Code and major IDEs
- +Excellent at code completion and boilerplate
- +Strong enterprise security
- +Trained on vast public code
Cons
- −Requires GitHub subscription
- −Can suggest insecure code patterns
- −Less useful for architecture decisions