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GitHub Copilot alternatives

At 1 developer, GitHub Copilot costs $10 a month. 2 AI coding tools cost less, from $8 (Cursor). The closest match, Cursor, covers 91% of what GitHub Copilot does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.

What GitHub Copilot does

Core: Agentic coding tool, Inline code completion, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Multi-lab model choice.

Important: Codebase indexing, AI-native code editor, Terminal agent (CLI), Background cloud agents, Web and mobile access, Slack and issue triggers, AI pull request review, MCP tool connections, Rules, commands and subagents, Plan and spec mode, Team admin and analytics, Privacy and compliance, Automated fixes, AI test generation.

Also has: Bring your own API key, Built-in browser testing, Design to code, Open source or self-hosted, Static code analysis (partly), IDE & pre-commit checks (partly), Multi-platform Git support (partly).

Alternatives to GitHub Copilot at 1 developer, best match first

  • Cursor: $8/mo Plus is Grok-only; 3rd-party models extra (Plus ($8/mo, Grok models only)). It covers 91% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: VS Code and JetBrains extensions (partly), Automated fixes (partly), Bring your own API key (partly), Open source or self-hosted. Free plan: Free: limited agent and Chat requests and limited AI usage.. Last price hike: Jun 2025.
  • Claude Code: $20/mo Usage shared with Claude chat; extra usage at API rates (Pro). It covers 75% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion, Multi-lab model choice, Codebase indexing (partly), AI-native code editor (partly), Privacy and compliance (partly). Free plan: none. Last price hike: Mar 2026.
  • OpenAI Codex: $8/mo Go has limited Codex; full Codex starts at $20 Plus (ChatGPT Go). It covers 74% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion, VS Code and JetBrains extensions (partly), Multi-lab model choice, Codebase indexing (partly), AI-native code editor (partly). Free plan: ChatGPT Free includes Codex for quick coding tasks with GPT-6 Luna in the desktop app (subject to rollout).. Last price hike: Sep 2026.

Other kinds of products that cover part of GitHub Copilot

  • GitHub (Code hosting & CI): covers 73% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, AI-native code editor (partly), Terminal agent (CLI) (partly), MCP tool connections (partly)
  • GitLab (Code hosting & CI): covers 69% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion (partly), Multi-lab model choice (partly), Codebase indexing (partly), AI-native code editor (partly), Terminal agent (CLI) (partly)
  • Claude (AI assistants): covers 53% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Multi-lab model choice, Codebase indexing (partly), AI-native code editor (partly)
  • Replit (AI app builders): covers 50% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Codebase indexing (partly), AI-native code editor (partly), Terminal agent (CLI)
  • v0 (AI app builders): covers 43% of GitHub Copilot; missing or partial: Inline code completion, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Multi-lab model choice (partly), Codebase indexing (partly), AI-native code editor (partly)

Prices at every size

  • GitHub Copilot: 1 developer $10/mo, the top individual plan $100/mo, a 10-developer team $190/mo (AI credits beyond allotment billed as usage)
  • Cursor: 1 developer $8/mo, the top individual plan $200/mo, a 10-developer team $300/mo (Plus is Grok-only; 3rd-party models extra)
  • Claude Code: 1 developer $20/mo, the top individual plan $200/mo, a 10-developer team $250/mo (Usage shared with Claude chat; extra usage at API rates)
  • OpenAI Codex: 1 developer $8/mo, the top individual plan $500/mo, a 10-developer team $250/mo (Go has limited Codex; full Codex starts at $20 Plus)

Monthly list price in USD on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12). Solo is the cheapest paid plan one developer can buy, Top is the most expensive individual tier, and Team of 10 is ten seats on the cheapest team plan with central billing and admin; pay-as-you-go model usage beyond what a plan includes is not counted.

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