GitHub Copilot — AI Tool Review, Features & Pricing

GitHub Copilot: AI pair programmer by GitHub/Microsoft with code completions, chat-based coding assistance, and a full coding agent. GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 now available alongside Gemini 3.1 Pro for multi-model selection. Copilot CLI is GA with Plan Mode, Autopilot Mode, and parallel specialized agents across github.com, GitHub Mobile, VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio.

About GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer by GitHub/Microsoft with code completions, chat-based coding assistance, and a full coding agent. GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 now available alongside Gemini 3.1 Pro for multi-model selection. Copilot CLI is GA with Plan Mode, Autopilot Mode, and parallel specialized agents across github.com, GitHub Mobile, VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio.

It belongs to the development category (subcategory: ai-coding) within the AI Workflows tool directory.

GitHub Copilot offers a freemium model with a free tier and paid upgrades.

Pricing & Plans

  • Pricing model: Freemium
  • Plan details: Free tier with limited monthly completions. Pro $10/month (unlimited completions, coding agent). Pro+ $39/month (all models). Business $19/user/month. Enterprise $39/user/month. Free for verified students, teachers, and OSS maintainers.

Available Models in GitHub Copilot

  • GPT-5.5
  • GPT-5.3-Codex
  • Claude Opus 4.7
  • Claude Sonnet 4.7
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro

Key Capabilities

  • code-completion
  • code-generation
  • chat
  • agent-mode
  • pr-review
  • multi-model

Tags & Keywords

ai-coding, code-completion, github, microsoft, vscode, jetbrains, multi-model, coding-agent, cli

How to access GitHub Copilot

Visit the official GitHub Copilot website: https://github.com/features/copilot.

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