GitHub Copilot

Code Generation

Verification stateActiveFields checked (see sources): Oct 14, 2026

Launched

Jun 21, 2022

Pricing

From $10/mo

About

Microsoft/GitHub's AI pair programmer, commercially available since June 2022 with the largest user base, now with multi-model and agent modes.

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Verification and sources

Verification state

Active

Fields checked (see sources)

Oct 14, 2026

Facts last changed

Not recorded

Version / scope

IDE extensions, GitHub.com, and the Copilot CLI and Copilot app (the official plans page states every plan includes the CLI and the app)

Runs on

Not recorded

Price checked

Plan: Pro. USD 10 per month

Free tier: Copilot Free: $0, described as limited access, for individual developers without organisation or enterprise access.
Pro+ is $39 USD/month and Max $100 USD/month; Business is $19 USD per granted seat per month and Enterprise $39 USD per granted seat per month. The plans differ by their GitHub AI Credits allowance.

Price checked: Oct 14, 2026

Suits

Individuals and organisations already working inside GitHub: code completion, chat and agents in the repo, with central policy and seat management.

Limits and caveats

The free Copilot Free plan is only available to individual developers without organisation or enterprise access, and it is limited (the docs give 2,000 completions per month as an example). Copilot is not currently available for GitHub Enterprise Server. The official pages read here do not publish a per-operating-system support matrix, so this record leaves the runtime platforms unfilled.

Sources

GitHub Docs — Copilot plans (Free / Pro / Pro+ / Max / Business / Enterprise; “All plans include Copilot CLI and Copilot app”) — read Oct 14, 2026, Supports: pricing, version/scope

“Suits” and “Limits and caveats” are the desk’s assessment of the sources listed here, not a hands-on test.

Related coverage

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ResearchSep 6, 2026 · 3 min read

Cursor vs Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot: A Task-First Buying Guide

Choose a coding workflow by task, compare dated costs and run each tool from the same clean commit. A research guide for individuals and small teams, revised October 15, 2026.

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UpdateMay 19, 2025 · 2 min read

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