GitHub Copilot: verified facts and rating

Checked 2026-10-29

github.com

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AI Coding Assistants 2 of 12

77/100

Score breakdown

Code privacy57
Features77
Price85
Transparency100

100% backed by facts · How we rank

GitHub Copilot against the market

The dot is the company, the line is the median of all companies in this ranking.

Cheapest paid plan, per month$8.00$20.00$10.00 · median $20.00

GitHub Copilot strengths and weaknesses

Pros

  • Free plan available
  • Works in many IDEs and editors
  • The agent edits several files and runs commands on its own
  • You can keep your code out of model training

Cons

  • Code and prompts are used for training until you opt out

All facts

FactValueSourceChecked
Code not used for training by defaultNodocs.github.com2026-10-29
Can opt out of training on your codeYesdocs.github.com2026-10-29
Zero data retention modeYescopilot.github.trust.page2026-10-29
SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001Yescopilot.github.trust.page2026-10-29
Supported IDEs and editors6docs.github.com2026-10-29
Terminal agent (CLI)Yesgithub.com2026-10-29
Agent mode (multi-file edits)Yesgithub.com2026-10-29
Self-hosted deploymentNocopilot.github.trust.page2026-10-29
Free planYesgithub.com2026-10-29
Cheapest paid plan, per month$10.00github.com2026-10-29
Company founded2008github.com2026-10-29
Public status pageYesgithubstatus.com2026-10-29
Models disclosedYesdocs.github.com2026-10-29
Company headquartersUnited Statesgithub.com2026-10-29
CompanyGitHub, Inc.github.com2026-10-29

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