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💡 Pro tip: Start with the free tier to test if GitHub Copilot fits your workflow before upgrading to a paid plan.
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Pro ($10/month) gives individuals unlimited code completions, access to Copilot Chat, and a baseline allotment of premium model requests. Pro+ ($39/month) raises premium request limits substantially and unlocks the highest-tier models for power users. Business ($19/user/month) adds organization policy controls, SSO, audit logs, and IP indemnification. Enterprise ($39/user/month) layers in knowledge bases grounded on private repositories, fine-grained content exclusions, and custom model integrations.
No. By default GitHub Copilot does not use Business or Enterprise customer code to train foundation models, and individual users can opt out of code snippet collection in their settings. Enterprise plans include contractual guarantees and audit controls covering data handling.
Copilot is officially supported in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, the JetBrains family (IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm, Rider, etc.), Neovim, Xcode, and Eclipse. It also runs inside the GitHub web editor, the GitHub CLI, and the GitHub Mobile app for chat-style interactions.
Chat answers questions and edits the file you are looking at. Agent mode plans a multi-step task, edits multiple files, runs terminal commands, executes tests, and iterates on errors until the task is complete — all with human checkpoints. The Copilot coding agent goes further by accepting an assigned GitHub issue and producing a draft pull request without an active editor session.
The free tier is a reasonable trial and works for light use, but it caps both code completions and chat messages per month and restricts access to premium models. Developers who use Copilot daily will hit the limits and should expect to upgrade to Pro for unlimited completions.
Start with the free tier and upgrade when you need more features
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