Limited Copilot for individuals
Verified from 2 official sources
CaveatCopilot Student is also free (excludes third-party agents).
Key details
- Monthly price
- $0/mo
- Included usage
- Allowance of GitHub AI credits; 2,000 completions/month; auto model selection only; limited chat and agent usage.
- Rate limits
- 2,000 completions / month
- When quota runs out
- Hard limit.
- Models included
- Auto-selected models only
- Coding agents & CLI
- Copilot CLI, Copilot app, agent mode
- Seats included
- 1
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- Free tier
- Yes
- Trial
- none
- Billing notes
- No billing for individuals.
- IDE support
- VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Xcode
- SSO
- No
- Zero data retention
- No
- Admin console
- No
- Priority support
- No
- Official pricing page
- github.com/features/copilot/plans
Common questions
- How much does Copilot Free cost?
- GitHub Copilot Free costs $0 per month.
- Is Copilot Free free to use?
- Yes — there is nothing to pay for Copilot Free. Allowance of GitHub AI credits; 2,000 completions/month; auto model selection only; limited chat and agent usage.
- Which models are included with Copilot Free?
- GitHub Copilot Free includes Auto-selected models only.
- Which agents and IDEs work with Copilot Free?
- GitHub Copilot Free covers Copilot CLI, Copilot app, agent mode. IDE support covers VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Xcode.
Sources
- github.com/features/copilot/planschecked 2026-10-16
- docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/planschecked 2026-10-16