Free IDE extension
- Annual
- — (free tier)
- Usage limit
- 2,000 code completions/mo; limited chat and agent usage
- Main limitation
- Auto model selection only; no premium-model choice
- Included models
- Claude Haiku 4.5 GPT-5 mini Auto model selection
- Notes
- Includes Copilot CLI and community support. Chat and agent usage is capped by a small monthly allowance.
- Popularity
- 79/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. GitHub Copilot: 50M users in July 2026 and 4.7M paid subscribers in January 2026 (Microsoft). Tier share 1.00, assumed for the free tier. Source
Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24
$10/mo IDE extension
- Annual
- — (monthly billing only)
- Usage limit
- Unlimited code completions; 1,500 GitHub AI Credits/mo
- Main limitation
- Premium-model requests draw down the shared AI-credit pool
- Notes
- Since June 1, 2026, chat, agent mode and code review are metered in GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01).
- Popularity
- 74/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. GitHub Copilot: 50M users in July 2026 and 4.7M paid subscribers in January 2026 (Microsoft). Tier share 0.50, assumed for the entry paid tier. Source
Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24
$39/mo IDE extension
- Annual
- — (monthly billing only)
- Usage limit
- 7,000 GitHub AI Credits/mo; full premium-model access
- Main limitation
- Credits are consumed at each model's token rates
- Notes
- Adds premium models such as Claude Opus and priority access to new model rollouts.
- Popularity
- 70/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. GitHub Copilot: 50M users in July 2026 and 4.7M paid subscribers in January 2026 (Microsoft). Tier share 0.30, assumed for the mid tier. Source
Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24
$100/mo IDE extension
- Annual
- — (monthly billing only)
- Usage limit
- 20,000 GitHub AI Credits/mo; priority access to new features
- Main limitation
- Most expensive individual tier; still metered by token usage
- Notes
- Intended for sustained, high-volume agent workflows rather than autocomplete-heavy use.
- Popularity
- 62/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. GitHub Copilot: 50M users in July 2026 and 4.7M paid subscribers in January 2026 (Microsoft). Tier share 0.10, assumed for the top tier. Source
Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24
$19/mo IDE extension · team
- Annual
- — (monthly per seat)
- Usage limit
- 1,900 AI Credits/user/mo, pooled at the billing entity
- Main limitation
- Requires a GitHub organization; overage billed per credit
- Notes
- Adds policy controls, audit logs, IP indemnity and pooled organizational usage.
- Popularity
- 65/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. GitHub Copilot: 50M users in July 2026 and 4.7M paid subscribers in January 2026 (Microsoft). Tier share 0.15, assumed for the team seat. Source
Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-28
$39/mo IDE extension · team
- Annual
- — (monthly per seat)
- Usage limit
- 3,900 AI Credits/user/mo, pooled at the billing entity
- Main limitation
- Requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud
- Notes
- Adds codebase-indexed chat, knowledge bases and GitHub.com integration.
- Popularity
- 55/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. GitHub Copilot: 50M users in July 2026 and 4.7M paid subscribers in January 2026 (Microsoft). Tier share 0.04, assumed for the enterprise seat. Source
Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-28