GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI assistant in your IDE and on GitHub, with chat, an agent, code review and a free plan.
What it is
GitHub Copilot is an AI assistant for code: autocomplete, chat, agent mode, code review, a cloud agent and a CLI. It works in popular IDEs and on GitHub. Individual plans: Free, Pro ($10 a month), Pro+ ($39) and Max ($100). Since June 1, 2026, chat and agents use GitHub AI credits billed by tokens; code suggestions don't count against them.
- VS Code
- GitHub
- Agent
Who it is for
Professions we suggest this tool for:
Price
Freemium
Plans change; current prices are on the official page: docs.github.com
Where the course teaches it
Alternatives
- Cursor · A VS Code-based code editor with AI agents, a free Hobby plan and Pro at $20 a month.
- Devin Desktop · Formerly Windsurf: a code editor with agents from the Devin team (Cognition), with a free plan.
- Claude Code · Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, your IDE and a desktop app, included in paid Claude plans.
Official site
Checked: October 2026 · source