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GitHub Copilot: features, pricing and use cases
GitHub Copilot is an AI coding agent that helps developers write, understand, review, and ship code inside their editor, the CLI, and GitHub.
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What does GitHub Copilot do?
GitHub Copilot is an AI coding agent that helps developers write, understand, review, and ship code inside their editor, the CLI, and GitHub.
When to consider it
Consider it when your code already lives on GitHub and you want completions, chat, and agent work connected to repositories and pull requests.
What to check first
The free plan documents a monthly completion cap and limited chat and agent usage; cloud agent and pull request reviews require a paid plan. Paid usage is metered in AI credits.
GitHub Copilot pricing & access
freemiumFree, Pro, Pro+, and Max individual plans are documented, with Business and Enterprise for organizations. Paid individual plans include a monthly AI credit allowance.
Check pricing sourceGitHub Copilot features
Features described in provider documentation or the source listing. Availability may depend on the plan.
- Code completions in the editor
- Agent mode with MCP integration
- Copilot CLI
- Code review and cloud agent on paid plans
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Provider documentationChecked 8 Nov 2026
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