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Cursor vs GitHub Copilot

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Anysphere

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GitHub Copilot

GitHub (Microsoft)

Overview
Rating
4.78,000 reviewsTop rated
4.535,000 reviews
Category
Coding
Coding
Subcategory
AI Code Editor
AI Code Assistant
Company
Anysphere
GitHub (Microsoft)
Status
Active
Active
Launch year
2023
2021
Tags
codingai-editorvscodeautocompleteagentcursor
codingautocompletegithubmicrosoftdeveloper-tools
Pricing
Starting price
$20/mo
$10/moBest value
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Free trial
✕
✕
Pricing notes

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.

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).

Capabilities
Best for
Feature implementationRefactoringBug fixingTest writingLarge codebase navigation
Code completionDebuggingTest writingCode reviewFeature implementation
Target audience
Individual developersStartup engineering teamsFull-stack developersVS Code users
Individual developersDevelopment teamsEnterprise engineeringStudentsOpen source contributors
AI type
Code LLM
Code LLM
Modalities
TextCode
TextCode
Technical
Model provider
AnthropicOpenAIGoogle
OpenAIAnthropicGoogle
Model names
Claude SonnetGPT-4oGemini
GPT-4oClaude SonnetGemini
API available
✕
✓
Open source
✕
✕
Deployment
Desktop
SaaS
Platforms
WindowsMacLinux
VS CodeJetBrainsNeovimXcodeVisual Studio
Integrations
GitHubVS Code extensionsGit
GitHubGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsSlackJira
Team collaboration
✓
✓
Trust & security
Security

Business plan enforces privacy mode. Code never sent to train models. SAML SSO and admin dashboard included.

Business and Enterprise exclude code from model training. Enterprise includes SSO and audit logs.

Privacy notes

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.

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.

Verdict
Pros
  • 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
  • Genuinely useful free tier
  • Widest editor support of any AI coding tool
  • Multi-model choice on paid plans
  • Deep GitHub ecosystem integration
Cons
  • 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
  • Free plan limits modest for daily professional use
  • Business pricing adds up for larger teams
  • Enterprise requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud subscription

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