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GitHub Copilot

Inline completion and chat embedded across VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim and github.com itself.

Proprietary Free tier VS Code · JetBrains · Neovim · Visual Studio · Xcode checked 2026-11-02 github.com ↗
Price
Free tier
Licence
Proprietary
Runs commands
No
Sandbox
n/a

Pricing

Per-seat pricing that changes often; the vendor plans page could not be verified at publish time. Check github.com/features/copilot/plans before budgeting.

Not verified against the vendor page — confirm before budgeting. Vendor pricing ↗

What it is allowed to touch

the field most directories skip
Runs shell commandsNo
OS-level sandboxn/a
Can read .env / secretsNo
Outbound networkNo
Audit logbusiness+

Completion-first product; agent mode is opt-in. Enterprise adds audit logs and content exclusion policies.

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GitHub Copilot pricing: what the tiers gate, not just what they cost
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