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Copilot Free
GitHub Copilotfree$0
Last checked: 2026-07-29
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- Scenario
- Interactive use only
Allowances
2,000code completions / month
›The vendor's own wording
"Copilot Free includes 2000 code completions per month and Copilot Student includes unlimited code completions." The plans page states the same allowance as "2,000 completions per month". Free carries no AI credit allowance; credits begin at Pro.Open the source page
Models included
| Model | Capability | Burn rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copilot included models | untiered | — | Model selection is restricted on Free; the paid tiers unlock the full selectable list |
Subscription versus your own API key
This compares two ways of working the same way — in an IDE or CLI, where BYOK tools make a direct API key a real option. It is not a claim that subscriptions are cheaper than the API in general.
No API price to compare against
Usage terms
Quoted from the vendor's own terms. We do not give legal advice.
GitHub's Terms for Additional Products and Features do not set out a programmatic-access clause for Copilot themselves; they defer to the GitHub Copilot Product Specific Terms. Copilot is delivered through supported IDEs, the CLI and github.com and exposes no public API endpoint. Read as: the terms do not explicitly authorize it.
Change history
- 2026-07-27Recorded from the seed file