GitHub Copilot
by GitHub4.6
GitHub Copilot is the safe institutional answer to AI coding. The differentiators are reach — VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Neovim — and depth of integration with GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.
- Commercial use OK
- Japanese UI
- Enterprise contract
- SOC 2
- Pricing
- $10/mo
- Free tier
- No
- Vendor
- GitHub
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Japanese UI
- Yes
- Enterprise contract
- Available
- Compliance
- SOC 2
What it is good for
- Larger organisations that cannot standardise on a single editor
- Teams that need ISO 27001 or SOC 2 answered before rollout
- Workflows already centred on GitHub and pull requests
- Per-seat deployment where cost predictability matters
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Plugins for VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio and Neovim
- $10/mo individual, $19 per seat for Business — efficient at team scale
- Business and Enterprise exclude your code from training by default
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 make security review straightforward
Trade-offs
- Multi-file editing is weaker than Cursor's Composer
- Repository-wide context exists but the experience trails Cursor
- Best features assume you are already on GitHub
Editors' review
The AI pair programmer for VS Code and JetBrains — the stable enterprise answer
Copilot, from GitHub (Microsoft), wins on two axes that matter to organisations rather than individuals: it runs in every major IDE, and it is deeply tied into the GitHub and GitHub Enterprise workflow most teams already use.
At $10/mo for individuals and $19 per seat for Business, it is cost-efficient at team scale. Business and Enterprise plans exclude your input from training by default, and SOC 2 Type II plus ISO 27001 certification means the security questionnaire is usually already answered.
Where it loses to Cursor is coordinated multi-file editing. Repository-wide context exists — referenced with # rather than @codebase — but the experience is a step behind.
Verdict
The standard choice for large organisations and anyone who cannot abandon their current IDE. If ISO 27001 is a hard requirement, it is effectively the only option.
Compiled from official documentation and public sources, with our own editorial judgement. We do not publish figures we cannot source.
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