GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI pair programmer, embedded across IDEs, GitHub.com, and CLI, with agentic coding, code review, and an official MCP server.
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GitHub Copilot is Microsoft/GitHub's AI coding assistant, offering inline code completions, chat, agentic coding (cloud agent, coding agent), and automated code review across VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Neovim, GitHub.com, and Copilot CLI. As of mid-2026 it runs on usage-based GitHub AI Credits across Free, Pro, Pro+, and Max individual tiers plus Business and Enterprise org tiers, and exposes a generally-available Copilot SDK plus GitHub's own official MCP server for deep platform integration. GitHub itself was founded in 2008 and has been a Microsoft subsidiary since 2018.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Key features |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/monthly | 2,000 completions per month, Access to Haiku 4.5 and GPT-5 mini, Copilot CLI, Community support, No credit card required |
| Pro | $10/monthly | Unlimited code completions, Cloud agent access, Copilot code review, 3rd-party agents (incl. Claude Code), Model selection |
| Pro+ | $39/monthly | Premium models incl. Claude Opus, Audit logs, 4x+ usage vs Pro |
| Max | $100/monthly | Priority access to new models, 2.9x+ usage vs Pro+, Sustained high-volume agent workflows |
| Business | $19/monthly | Organizational license management, Policy controls, IP indemnity, SAML SSO |
| Enterprise | $39/monthly | Codebase indexing / knowledge bases, Custom private models, Audit logs, IP indemnity, Org-wide policy controls |
Source: https://github.com/features/copilot/plans
Agent-readiness
- Discoverability
- 70/100
- Machine-readable content
- 85/100
- Programmatic access
- 90/100
- MCP / agent support
- 92/100
- Self-serve transactability
- 80/100
- Transparency
- 70/100
Security & compliance
- SSO / SAML
- Yes
- Encryption at rest
- Yes
- Encryption in transit
- Yes
- Audit log
- Yes
- Pentest report
- Not publicly documented
"Not publicly documented" means Crail found no public evidence either way — not a confirmed absence. See our methodology. Trust center: https://copilot.github.trust.page/.
FAQ
Does GitHub Copilot have a free tier?
Yes, GitHub Copilot offers a free tier or free trial.
Can you buy GitHub Copilot without talking to sales?
Yes, GitHub Copilot can be purchased self-serve without a sales call.
Does GitHub Copilot have an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server?
Yes, GitHub Copilot publishes an official MCP server (https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server).
What compliance certifications does GitHub Copilot hold?
GitHub Copilot holds: SOC 2 Type I, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, FedRAMP (GitHub Enterprise Cloud, LI-SaaS).
What people are saying on Reddit & Hacker News
Real, publicly-posted discussion — not a Crail-verified review. Always linked back to the original post so you can read it in context.
“Here goes my Copilot Pro subscription then, reluctantly heading over to Codex CLI since the CC base plan is downright unusable.”
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“Codeium's completion model is better than whatever GitHub Copilot has. For me it's Cursor > Codeium >>> Copilot. Yes, Copilot is that bad.”
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Methodology & disclosure
Data verified via agent crawled, last checked 2026-07-26. Agent-readiness methodology version crail-ar-v0.1. No vendor payment influences these scores — see our methodology page.