GitHub Copilot Pro+ review

What GitHub Copilot Pro+ is

Copilot Pro+ is one of GitHub's individual Copilot plans. It sits above Pro at $10 a month and below the newer Max plan at $100 a month GitHub Copilot plans ↗. All three paid individual plans include unlimited inline code suggestions; the difference is how many AI credits you get for chat and agent work, and which agents you can use GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

GitHub moved Copilot to usage based billing on June 1, 2026, so chat, agent work, the Copilot CLI, Spaces and Spark now draw down monthly AI credits based on token use GitHub Copilot plans ↗ GitHub blog ↗. One AI credit equals $0.01 GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Hands on testing is in progress, and we will update this review with our results.

What it does well

It gives you more room. Pro+ includes $39 in base credits plus a $31 flex allotment, for $70 a month in AI credits, compared with $15 on Pro GitHub Copilot plans ↗. If you regularly run out of chat or agent usage on Pro, that is more than four times the allowance.

It opens up third party agents. Pro+ lets you delegate tasks to coding agents such as Claude and OpenAI Codex, a preview feature not available on Free or Pro GitHub Copilot plans ↗. You can try several agents from one GitHub subscription instead of paying each vendor.

Autocomplete never runs out. Code completions and next edit suggestions do not use credits on any paid plan GitHub Copilot plans ↗, so the feature most people use all day is unlimited.

Model choice is wide. The paid plans list models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Microsoft and Moonshot's Kimi line GitHub Copilot plans ↗. The cloud agent, which takes an assigned task and opens a pull request, is included, as are agent mode in your editor and the Copilot CLI GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

It fits existing setups. Copilot works inside the editors and GitHub workflow many developers already use, so there is nothing new to learn.

Where it falls short

It costs nearly twice as much as Claude Pro. Claude Code comes with Claude Pro at $20 a month, or $17 a month billed yearly Claude Code ↗ Claude pricing ↗. For agent heavy work, that is the better value for most people.

Limits are credit based. Heavy agent sessions on large models draw down credits faster, and once you hit your allowance you must set a dollar budget to keep going, billed at $0.01 a credit GitHub Copilot plans ↗. That makes monthly cost harder to predict.

Third party agents are still in preview GitHub Copilot plans ↗, so features may change.

Copilot is losing ground with professionals. JetBrains found work use of Copilot fell to 21 percent from 29 percent a year earlier, while Claude Code rose to about 39 percent JetBrains ↗.

There is no yearly price shown on the plans page GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Pricing and plans

Free costs $0 and includes 2,000 completions and 50 chat requests a month, plus agent mode and the CLI. It does not include the cloud agent or third party agents GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Pro costs $10 a month with $15 a month in AI credits ($10 base plus $5 flex), unlimited completions and the cloud agent GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Pro+ costs $39 a month with $70 a month in AI credits ($39 base plus $31 flex), unlimited completions, the cloud agent and delegation to third party agents such as Claude and Codex in preview GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Max costs $100 a month with $200 a month in AI credits and the same features as Pro+ GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Business is $19 per user a month with $19 in credits, and Enterprise is $39 per user with $39 in credits GitHub blog ↗. Admins set usage limits for those plans GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Paid individual plans can buy more credits, and GitHub sends alerts at 75, 90 and 100 percent of any budget you set GitHub Copilot plans ↗.

Who should (and shouldn't) use it

• Good fit: developers who already use Copilot daily and keep running out of credits on Pro.
• Good fit: people who want to try Claude and Codex agents through one GitHub bill.
• Skip it if: you mainly want autocomplete; Pro at $10 already includes unlimited completions.
• Skip it if: you want the strongest agent for the money; Claude Code on Claude Pro costs $20.
• Skip it if: you need predictable monthly costs.

Alternatives worth a look

• Claude Code: our top pick, included with Claude Pro at $20 a month, and the most used coding agent in Stack Overflow's 2026 survey Claude Code ↗ Stack Overflow ↗.
• GitHub Copilot Pro: the same unlimited autocomplete for $10 a month with $15 in credits GitHub Copilot plans ↗.
• OpenAI Codex: included in every ChatGPT plan, with the CLI and IDE extension on Plus at $20 a month Codex ↗.
• Devin Desktop: the editor formerly called Windsurf, with a free plan that includes unlimited Tab completions Devin ↗.