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GitHub Copilot

The default, wired into the place your code already lives.

812/ 1000
74 votes
812 / 1000
Community score
No duels yet
Head to head
USD 10 / user / month
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Last verified: 16 Aug 2026 · Board updated: 22 Aug 2026

GitHub Copilot landing page, captured for the Agent Verdict board

GitHub Copilot landing page, captured 21 Aug 2026 for the board record.

At a glance

A tier

812/ 1000

74 votes · No duels yet

1down 1 positions this week

Strongest axes

  • SEO and GEO855
  • Speed847
  • Value819

Weakest axes

  • Reliability767
  • Agent performance771
  • Scalability796

The verdict

Where GitHub Copilot sits and why

Copilot wins on distribution and on the fact that it is already approved wherever GitHub is. Pull request review, issue to pull request agents and editor completion all sit where the work already happens, and the enterprise story is the most complete on the board. Voters rate the raw agent quality a step behind the leaders and the completion latency inconsistent, which puts it at the top of A tier rather than in S.

Strengths

  • Among the cheapest options on the coding agent board at USD 10 per user per month
  • Native pull request and issue workflows
  • Strongest enterprise and compliance story
  • Works in every major editor

Weaknesses

  • Agent quality a step behind the leaders
  • Completion latency is inconsistent
  • Best features are spread across several surfaces

Community vote

GitHub Copilot scored axis by axis

Compare every tool

Design

805/ 1000

13 axis votes

Speed

847/ 1000

13 axis votes

Agent performance

771/ 1000

18 axis votes

Reliability

767/ 1000

8 axis votes

Integrations

811/ 1000

10 axis votes

SEO and GEO

855/ 1000

16 axis votes

Scalability

796/ 1000

No axis votes yet, panel baseline shown

Value

819/ 1000

22 axis votes

API and MCP

814/ 1000

19 axis votes

Code ownership

808/ 1000

20 axis votes

What you get

Features on the board record

  • Editor completions and chat
  • Coding agent that opens pull requests
  • Pull request review
  • Custom instructions per repository
  • Enterprise policy controls

Pricing

What GitHub Copilot costs

Free tier with monthly completion and chat limits. Paid plans start around USD 10 per user per month, among the cheapest entries on the coding agent board, with business and enterprise tiers.

Value carries 6 of the 100 points on the published weights. Prices verified 16 Aug 2026, always check the vendor page before committing.

Opinions

What voters said about GitHub Copilot

All opinions and ratings

Agent Verdict Panel

@agentverdictEditor panel14 Aug 2026

Launch testing panel, four builders running the same brief on every tool on the board.

815/ 1000

The pull request and issue workflows are the real product now, and nothing else on the board is native to where the code already lives. Raw agent quality is a step behind the leaders on our multi file tests, and completion latency varied more than we expected.

Chris Walton

@cwaltonEditor panel16 Aug 2026

Platform engineer at a regulated company.

830/ 1000

It is the one our security team already approved, which beats a better tool we cannot use. Nine euros a seat and the review workflows mean it earns its place even though it does not win the agent comparisons.

Questions

GitHub Copilot FAQ

Is GitHub Copilot still worth it in 2026?

For teams already on GitHub, yes, mostly for the pull request and issue workflows. On pure agent quality the board ranks two competitors above it.

Sources

What this row was checked against