GitHub Copilot vs Cursor
A direct comparison using the real catalog fields currently available for both products.
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GitHub Copilot
GitHub (Microsoft)
Cursor
Anysphere
Free tier with 2,000 completions and 50 premium requests/month. Pro $10/month. Pro+ $39/month. Business $19/user/month. Enterprise $39/user/month (requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud).
Free Hobby plan with limited AI use. Pro $20/month with usage-based credit pool. Business $40/user/month with admin controls and enforced privacy mode.
Business and Enterprise exclude code from model training. Enterprise includes SSO and audit logs.
Business plan enforces privacy mode. Code never sent to train models. SAML SSO and admin dashboard included.
Free plan users: code may be used for model training unless opted out. Business and Enterprise opt out by default. Review settings before using with proprietary code.
Free and Pro plans: code may be stored for product improvement unless privacy mode is enabled. Business enforces privacy mode by default. Review settings before use with proprietary code.
- Genuinely useful free tier
- Widest editor support of any AI coding tool
- Multi-model choice on paid plans
- Deep GitHub ecosystem integration
- Codebase-wide context enables powerful multi-file editing
- Familiar VS Code interface reduces onboarding time
- Multi-model choice matches model to task
- Tab autocomplete predicts multi-line edits
- Free plan limits modest for daily professional use
- Business pricing adds up for larger teams
- Enterprise requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud subscription
- Only works in its own VS Code fork
- Credit-based pricing after 2025 harder to predict
- Heavy premium model use leads to overages
- Privacy mode not enforced on free or Pro plans
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