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GitHub Copilot

AI & Coding Tools

Free tier, Pro from $10/mo

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GitHub's AI coding assistant: inline suggestions, chat, and agent mode right in your editor

Copilot is the safe default. It works in almost every editor, the price is right, and if you already use GitHub for your repos, it plugs in without any extra setup. The inline suggestions are good for everyday coding: writing boilerplate, completing function signatures, filling in repetitive patterns.

Where it falls short compared to newer tools is deep project understanding. Cursor and Cline can reason about your entire codebase; Copilot’s context window is more limited. The newer agent mode is improving this, but it is still playing catch-up. If you just want solid autocomplete at a low price, Copilot is hard to beat. If you want an AI that can refactor across 20 files, look elsewhere.

Best for Solo developers who want AI suggestions, chat and coding agents inside their existing editor and GitHub

Plans

PlanPriceIncludes
Free$02,000 inline suggestions a month, limited chat and agent use
Pro$10/moUnlimited inline suggestions, $15 of AI credits a month, code review
Pro+$39/mo$70 of AI credits a month, hand tasks to third-party coding agents
Max$100/mo$200 of AI credits a month, the largest individual allowance

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Pros

  • Works everywhere: VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Xcode, even the CLI
  • Free tier is enough to see if AI coding helps your workflow
  • $10/mo Pro is the cheapest paid option from a major player

Cons

  • Suggestions can be generic, less context-aware than Cursor or Cody
  • Agent mode is newer and still catching up to Cursor and Cline
  • Free tier limits you to 2,000 completions/month

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