GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer developed by GitHub and OpenAI that suggests code completions, functions, and entire blocks in real time within IDEs like VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim.
Category
Coding
Subcategory
Code Completion
Free Tier
Free for verified students and open-source maintainers, limited free tier
Paid Plans
Individual at $10/month, Business at $19/user/month
API Cost
Not available yet
VS Code ExtensionPluginCLI
GitHub Copilot Trust & Security Report
Certifications, AI-training posture, and security controls, with sourced proof.
●SOC 2 Type 2●ISO 27001:2022●SOC 1 Type 2●GDPR Compliance●CSA STAR Level 2●CSA CAIQ Level 1●PCI DSS Attestation of Compliance
Verified against GitHub Copilot's own trust and security pages. See the full report for sourced proof →
Region
GitHub stores and processes Personal Data in multiple locations including local region, United States, and other countries. International transfers use EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Standard Contractual Clauses, UK Addendum, and Swiss SCCs.
Self-hostable
No
Real-time code autocompletionGenerating boilerplate codeWriting unit testsCode documentation generationInline code explanation and refactoring
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