GitHub Copilot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GitHub Copilot
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
GitHub Copilot is presented as an AI pair programmer, that plugs into the user's editor. It then turns natural language prompts into code, offers multi-line function suggestions, speeds up test generation, filters out common vulnerable coding patterns, and blocks suggestions matching public code.
$10
per month
Pricing
GitHub Copilot
Editions & Modules
CoPilot for Individuals
$10
per month
CoPilot for Business
$19
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GitHub Copilot
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GitHub Copilot
Considered Both Products
GitHub Copilot
Chose GitHub Copilot
In terms of AI and developing tasks, GitHub Copilot is the only tool I have used so far. Copilot Work, Copilot Web, Copilot Teams, Copilot Excel, Copilot Word, Copilot Outlook, Copilot Power Point are other agents of Copilot that I use daily, but are all complementary of GitHub …
Chose GitHub Copilot
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok are AI tools that developers use to boost productivity. However, GitHub Copilot outperforms them due to its tight integration with Visual Studio. GitHub Copilot can analyze all the code in your workspace and provide contextual assistance within …
Chose GitHub Copilot
It has historically worked much better. However, as all of this is relatively new technology it is hard to really judge something since most of the time you are kind of using a beta version of a product. I believe things will get better over time. That said, Microsoft copilot …
Chose GitHub Copilot
It is useful that copilot integrates so well with vscode, which is a very common IDE. I used tabnine for a little while but it was not that intuitive, and did not seem as helpful as github copilot was. I have enjoyed github copilot a lot, especially the ease of hitting the tab …
Chose GitHub Copilot
Augment, Google Gemini, Uniqodo, Windsurf and Cursor
Chose GitHub Copilot
I have also used Anthropic's Claude code Its amazing, and I would say it is even better than GitHub Copilot. However, the only issue with claude code is its subscription price, which is very very high as compared to GitHub Copilot.
Chose GitHub Copilot
I used cursor AI as well, along with CoPilot. Curson has its own AI editor, but Copilot works with almost every code editor. So I don't need to depend on just one editor, and I get the flexibility to choose my own editors. The billing is also good and doesn't require many …
User Ratings
GitHub Copilot
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GitHub Copilot
Likelihood to Recommend
Copilit is fantastic at the following: 1. Solving simple, well-defined problems, such as implementing an algorithm, manipulating a data structure, or string manipulation and regex. 2. Implementing simple APIs that are mainly CRUD in nature, with moderate business logic inside them, which may involve some processing or passing the data through an algorithm. 3. Implementation of well-defined activities, such as implementing a connection to an Oracle DB using Hibernate or JDBC, or implementing boilerplate code for a backend service to listen to Kafka events. It is not that great when it comes to understanding and implementing code in a proprietary DSL. It struggles when implementing a major feature across a complex codebase. I believe developers should also adopt the trust-but-verify paradigm when expecting highly secure or regulated code from GitHub Copilot.
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Pros
  • Fills in popular functions that we use throughout our code base.
  • Offers solutions to bugs and errors in the code.
  • Reads the docs for things that we may have missed.
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Cons
  • Sometimes generates nonsensical code, "hallucination," which can require additional review and correction
  • Sometimes can contain security vulnerabilities
  • It is a paid service
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Usability
I feel that GitHub Copilot's overall usability is good due to its tight integration with Visual Studio and the workspace. However, developers expect greater ease of use, as there is a learning curve to realize productivity gains with the tool fully. I think there is room for improvement in GitHub Copilot's UI integration within Visual Studio.
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Alternatives Considered
I used Cursor AI as well, along with CoPilot. Curson has its own AI editor, but Copilot works with almost every code editor. So I don't need to depend on just one editor, and I get the flexibility to choose my own editors. The billing is also good and doesn't require many coupons to write prompts.
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Return on Investment
  • It has very positive impact in our organization, it saves lots of time.
  • Helps us to build more efficient and secure Apps.
  • Helps in fast product development.
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