GitHub Copilot pricing (2026)
Plans, free tier and how GitHub Copilot's price stacks up against 27 other tools in AI coding editors & agents. Verified from official pricing pages.
Current pricing
Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo (usage via GitHub AI Credits)
- Free tier
- Yes: 2,000 completions/mo plus limited chat and agent usage
- Value score
- 13 / 15
- Value rank
- #10 of 28 in AI coding editors & agents
- Overall score
- 80 / 100
How GitHub Copilot's price compares in AI coding editors & agents
Sorted by our pricing and free-tier score (out of 15), then overall score. Click a tool for its own pricing page.
| Tool | Value | Free tier | Score | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geiger | 15 | Yes | 73 | Free and open source (MIT). No paid tier for Geiger itself |
| Agent Standup | 15 | Yes | 70 | Free (MIT); optional paid character pack |
| Muxin | 15 | Yes | 70 | Free (Apache-2.0) |
| Muster | 15 | Yes | 68 | Free (MIT) |
| OpenCode | 14 | Yes | 87 | Free and open source (MIT) with free models included; optional OpenCode Zen pay-as-you-go ($20 top-ups, pay per request at zero markup), OpenCode Go $10/mo, Go Plus $40/mo, or your own provider keys/subscriptions |
| Offrun | 14 | Yes | 72 | Free, all features, no card. You bring your own agent subscriptions (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) |
| @gent | 14 | Yes | 60 | Free (PyPI package atgent); you still need your own Codex or Claude Code access |
| Kilo Code | 13 | Yes | 83 | Free for individuals (inference billed separately: free models, BYOK, local models, or Kilo Gateway at exact provider rates with a 5% fee on credit purchases); Kilo Pass from $19/mo with up to 50% bonus credits; Teams $15/user/mo; Enterprise custom. Cloud agents from $0.60/hr, code review $0.33/hr, billed per second |
| Cline | 13 | Yes | 81 | Free extension; pay only for model inference (BYOK or Cline provider). Enterprise: custom |
| GitHub Copilot(this page) | 13 | Yes | 80 | Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo (usage via GitHub AI Credits) |
| Zed | 13 | Yes | 77 | Pro $10/mo ($5 tokens included, then API price +10%); Business $30/seat/mo |
| Jules | 13 | Yes | 74 | Free: 15 tasks per rolling 24 hours, 3 concurrent (Gemini 2.5 Pro). Jules in Pro via Google AI Pro ($19.99/mo): 100 tasks/day, 15 concurrent, latest models. Jules in Ultra via Google AI Ultra (from $99.99/mo): 300 tasks/day, 60 concurrent. Paid plans currently only for personal @gmail.com accounts |
| Aider | 13 | Yes | 67 | Free; you pay your LLM provider |
| OpenAI Codex | 12 | Yes | 86 | Included in ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo), Pro ($100, $200 or $500/mo), Business ($20/seat/mo annual or $25 monthly, 2+ seats); or API key billing |
| Warp | 12 | Yes | 79 | Free $0; Build $20/mo ($18/mo annual) incl. $20 agent usage at API rates; Max $200/mo ($180/mo annual) incl. $200 usage; Business $50/user/mo ($45 annual, up to 25 seats); Enterprise custom |
| Antigravity CLI | 12 | Yes | 75 | Free for individuals with a weekly quota and rate limit; Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions raise quotas (refreshed every five hours) and can buy AI credits for overages; teams via Google Cloud / Gemini Enterprise. No bring-your-own-key |
| Jotbus | 12 | Yes | 68 | Instant: free (60-minute workspace, no signup, files up to 2 MB). Personal: $7/month (persistent workspaces, durable history, files up to 25 MB, 250 MB total). Guests join free; no Team plan yet |
| Hivelane | 12 | No | 63 | Founders Edition $29 one-time for the first 100 buyers, then $49 one-time; no subscription; 1 key for 2 machines; 14-day refund |
| Amp | 11 | Yes | 80 | Hobby free (pay-as-you-go orbs, or your own runners free); Megawatt $20/mo (45,000 orb minutes); Gigawatt $200/mo (480,000 orb minutes); Teams at no extra charge; Enterprise custom. No Amp token fees when you use your own keys or ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions |
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) | 11 | Yes | 75 | Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo minimum ($40 per full seat) |
| Kiro | 11 | Yes | 72 | Pro $20/user/mo, Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100, Power $200; add-on credits $0.04 each |
| Cursor | 10 | Yes | 81 | Sold via The X Subscription (SpaceX/xAI): Plus $8/mo (Grok models only), Premium $30/mo, Super $100, Ultra $200; Teams $30+/user. Third-party models billed at API list price. |
| Devin | 10 | Yes | 72 | Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom |
| Augment Code | 10 | No | 70 | Standard $20/mo flat for up to 50 seats with $20 of pooled usage; Business $100/mo flat with $100 of usage; Enterprise custom. Usage covers LLM inference at provider list price plus a 40% service fee on LLM usage, and Cosmos compute; top-ups pay as you go |
| Parallax | 10 | No | 65 | Parallax $5/mo; Plus $10/mo (includes $10 API credit/mo); Pro $50/mo (includes $55 API credit/mo, up to $10 rolls over) |
| Claude Code | 9 | No | 79 | Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo, $17/mo annual) and Max (from $100/mo); or pay-as-you-go via API |
| Gemini CLI | 8 | No | 64 | Free open-source CLI (Apache-2.0); usage billed through a paid Gemini API key or Vertex AI, or included with Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise licenses |
| Pocketty | 8 | Partial | 59 | Free for 14 days with everything, then $99 once with every update (launch price; the site says it rises to $129 later). No subscription |
Cheaper or free alternatives to GitHub Copilot
- Geiger
Value 15/15 · score 73
Yes: fully free, no account
Geiger pricing → - Agent Standup
Value 15/15 · score 70
Yes: every feature is free
Agent Standup pricing → - Muxin
Value 15/15 · score 70
Yes: free
Muxin pricing →
Pricing history on PromptToProd
- Pricing check: GitHub Copilot Free plan wording: Free tier wording updated
- Pricing last verified: Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo (usage via GitHub AI Credits)
- Started tracking GitHub Copilot.
We re-check pricing pages regularly and log every change on the changelog.
FAQ
- How much does GitHub Copilot cost in 2026?
- GitHub Copilot pricing as of 2026-10-24: Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo (usage via GitHub AI Credits). Plans change, so confirm on the official site.
- Is GitHub Copilot free?
- Yes. GitHub Copilot free tier: 2,000 completions/mo plus limited chat and agent usage.
- Is GitHub Copilot good value?
- GitHub Copilot scores 13/15 on PromptToProd's pricing and free-tier criterion, #10 of 28 in AI coding editors & agents on value, and 80/100 overall.
- What are cheaper or free alternatives to GitHub Copilot?
- In AI coding editors & agents, tools with a free tier and an equal or better pricing score include Geiger (15/15, score 73), Agent Standup (15/15, score 70), Muxin (15/15, score 70).
- When was GitHub Copilot pricing last checked?
- We last verified GitHub Copilot's pricing on 2026-10-24 from its official pricing page and docs.
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