GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code

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Written head to head: GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	GitHub Copilot Free plan · from $10/mo Visit Remove	Claude Code From $17/mo Visit Remove
What it is	GitHub's AI coding assistant for code completion, chat, agents and review	Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs, desktop and web
Free plan	2,000 code completions per month and a limited monthly allowance of AI credits for chat and agent features; models by auto selection; agent mode and Copilot CLI included; no cloud agent or code review; no credit card required	No
Cheapest paid plan	$10/mo (Pro)GitHub Copilot pricing	$17/mo billed annually (Claude Pro)Claude Code pricing
What it covers	Unlimited code completions and next edit suggestions; 1,500 AI credits a month (1,000 base and 500 flex).	Claude Code is included in Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise and shares usage limits with the subscription. Annual Pro billing is $200 up front. Console accounts pay standard API rates instead.
Free trial	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, Linux	macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Getting code suggestions while writing scripts or apps Asking questions about an unfamiliar codebase Reviewing pull requests before merging	Fixing a bug by pasting in the error message Writing tests and updating dependencies across a project Automating code review on GitHub
Watch out for	The Free plan is capped at 2,000 completions per month Paid plans include a monthly AI credit allowance (1,500 on Pro); extra usage costs $0.01 per credit Cloud agent and code review are not in the Free plan	Not included in the free Claude plan Usage counts against the same limits as the Claude subscription The desktop app requires a paid subscription
Made by	GitHub (Microsoft)	Anthropic

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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