GitHub Copilot

AI coding agent that works from issue to merged PR, in your editor, terminal and on GitHub.

Is GitHub Copilot right for you?

GitHub Copilot is ranked #4 of 6 in AI coding agents & IDEs on ShipStack. Best for: Teams already on GitHub. Broadest editor/GitHub integration.

AI coding agent and editor with cloud agents, automations and Bugbot code review.

💲 Free; Plus $8/mo (Grok models only); Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams from $30/user/mo

Best for: Daily driver IDE for builders

Most mature agentic IDE experience

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal and IDE: understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands.

💲 Claude Free; Pro $20/mo ($17/mo annual); Max from $100/mo

Best for: Large refactors from the CLI

Strong autonomous multi-file edits

OpenAI's coding agent across ChatGPT, CLI, IDE extension and cloud; runs parallel agents and reviews PRs.

💲 Included with ChatGPT Plus ($20) and Pro ($100); Business $20/seat (annual, 2+ seats)

Best for: Delegating parallel tasks

Cloud + local agent flexibility