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GitHub Copilot vs Qodo: license, pricing and features compared (October 2026)

GitHub Copilot and Qodo are both listed under AI coding agents. Free tier: GitHub Copilot: $0, limited chat and agent usage and 2,000 completions a month. Qodo: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. GitHub Copilot is the better fit for: teams already on GitHub who want AI in editor, CLI and code scanning fixes. Qodo is the better fit for: teams that want review automation on every pull request. Facts were read from vendor and GitHub pages on Oct 25, 2026 and are Reported; what we ran ourselves is under What we measured.

Our pick: Pick GitHub Copilot for teams already on GitHub who want AI in editor, CLI and code scanning fixes; pick Qodo for teams that want review automation on every pull request. No overall winner: we have not benchmarked them against each other. Updated (America/Chicago).

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Evidence: Reported for both tools. The facts in the tables were read from each vendor's own pages and the public GitHub API on 2026-10-25 (America/Chicago). The What we measured section says what we have not run yet; anything we could not confirm is marked as not captured.

GitHub Copilot

GitHub (Microsoft)

Reported

A sensible default if your team already lives on GitHub; check which plan you need for new models.

Qodo

Qodo

Reported

AI code review platform with 15+ agentic workflows for IDEs, pull requests and security, priced by team credits.

Side by side, from what we recorded

Each row compares one recorded fact for both tools. Rows are not weighted and nothing is added up into a score; the note under each row says what the marker means.

  • Evidence

    Reported for GitHub Copilot
    Reported for Qodo

    Tested = we ran it (smoke test); Reported = we read official sources

  • Pricing we could verify

    Not verified for GitHub Copilot
    Partly verified (Qodo is ahead on this row) for Qodo

    About our evidence only, not about the price

  • Steps in our setup guide

    3 for GitHub Copilot
    2 for Qodo

    Counts our guide's steps, not difficulty

  • Sources we cite

    4 for GitHub Copilot
    2 for Qodo

    How much we had to read; more is not better

A list of recorded differences, not a quality score or a ranking. We have not benchmarked these tools against each other; the smoke-test row links each tool's own log. How we label evidence.

What we measured

We have not run either GitHub Copilot or Qodo ourselves yet, so nothing on this page is Tested; it is Reported from vendor and GitHub pages. Below is what we will run, so the comparison can rest on our own results.

Our own tests for GitHub Copilot and Qodo
TestGitHub CopilotQodo
Hands-on test log (install and a real task)Not tested yet. What we will run: the same failing-unit-test fix in a fresh repository, scored by whether the tests pass, with wall time and tool calls.Not tested yet. What we will run: the same failing-unit-test fix in a fresh repository, scored by whether the tests pass, with wall time and tool calls.

How we test and label results: methodology. All test logs: test hub.

GitHub Copilot vs Qodo at a glance

GitHub Copilot and Qodo are both listed under AI coding agents. Agentic Weekly's Qodo page names GitHub Copilot as an alternative. GitHub Copilot: A sensible default if your team already lives on GitHub; check which plan you need for new models. Qodo: AI code review platform with 15+ agentic workflows for IDEs, pull requests and security, priced by team credits.

GitHub Copilot and Qodo side by side (vendor pages and GitHub, 2026-10-25)
FeatureGitHub CopilotQodo
VendorGitHub (Microsoft)Qodo
Listed underAI coding agentsAI coding agents
LicenseProprietary hosted productProprietary
Pricing modelNot captured on the pages we readTrial then paid (credit-based)
Free tierFree: $0, limited chat and agent usage and 2,000 completions a monthFree 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'
Paid plansPro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month, Max $100/month, plus Business and Enterprise plans. Agent mode, code review and the CLI draw on GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01); completions do not use credits and are unlimited on paid plans, per the pagePro Team from $30 (credits pooled across the team at $0.012 per credit; packs of 2,500, 5,000 and 20,000 credits listed); Enterprise by quote
PlatformsNot captured on the pages we readIDE, pull-request and CLI workflows (per site)
EvidenceReported from vendor pagesReported from vendor pages

How GitHub Copilot and Qodo differ

  • Free tier: GitHub Copilot: $0, limited chat and agent usage and 2,000 completions a month. Qodo: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'.
  • Plans and prices differ and are not like-for-like (credits, seats and usage limits vary), so we do not name a cheaper tool. The Paid plans row above quotes each vendor's plan list as read on Oct 25, 2026.
  • Qodo is "Trial then paid (credit-based)"; the entry for GitHub Copilot has no pricing model we could confirm (pricing not verified).

Neither tool publishes open-source code under a standard license, so you are choosing between hosted products.

Which should you pick?

  • Pick GitHub Copilot if: teams already on GitHub who want AI in editor, CLI and code scanning fixes; enterprise admins who need model policy controls. Skip it if: you want a fully open-source stack.
  • Pick Qodo if: teams that want review automation on every pull request. Skip it if: you want a general-purpose coding agent.

Strengths and limits

Strengths and limits as listed on each tool page
FeatureGitHub CopilotQodo
StrengthsMany surfaces: IDEs, CLI, GitHub.com, agent app; Dated, detailed changelog; Multiple model vendors in the model pickerTrial with no card; Credits can be switched between packs anytime; No annual commitment on Pro Team
LimitsNewest models are gated to higher plans; Models are retired on short notice (two deprecation notices in October); Usage-based billing for some models makes costs harder to predictPer-user or per-seat unit of the $30 price is not clear from the page text; Several advanced features are Enterprise-only

What we did not verify

  • GitHub Copilot: Pricing and plan limits.
  • Qodo: Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry).
  • Output quality, speed and reliability beyond the smoke tests listed under What we measured: not compared.

FAQ

Is GitHub Copilot or Qodo open source?

GitHub Copilot: Proprietary hosted product. Qodo: Proprietary. Licenses come from each project's GitHub repository or the vendor's own pages, read Oct 25, 2026; read the license text itself before redistributing or building a competing service.

Does GitHub Copilot or Qodo have a free plan?

GitHub Copilot: Free: $0, limited chat and agent usage and 2,000 completions a month. Qodo: Free: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. Checked Oct 25, 2026; prices and limits change, so confirm on each vendor's page.

What is the main difference between GitHub Copilot and Qodo?

Free tier: GitHub Copilot: $0, limited chat and agent usage and 2,000 completions a month. Qodo: 14-day trial, no credit card; page also says 'Free to Start'. Plans and prices differ and are not like-for-like (credits, seats and usage limits vary), so we do not name a cheaper tool. The Paid plans row above quotes each vendor's plan list as read on Oct 25, 2026.

Sources

Page history

  • : First published. Facts read from vendor pages and the GitHub API on 2026-10-25.

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