
What is GitHub Copilot?
GitHub Copilot suggests code completions as developers type and turns natural language prompts into coding suggestions based on the project's context and style conventions. GitHub Copilot keeps track of your work, suggests descriptions, and helps reviewers reason about your changes. Use GitHub Copilot to code faster, drive impact, and focus on doing what matters most: building great software.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
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95 Plan to Renew
83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love GitHub Copilot?
Pros
- Respectful
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service
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GitHub Copilot Reviews

Victor O.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Boosts Developer Productivity
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?
GitHub Copilot stands out because it is deeply integrated into the development environment (like VS Code), trained specifically on a massive corpus of public code, and backed by GitHub and OpenAI.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It saves significant time during coding, especially for repetitive tasks
What do you dislike most about this product?
Reliance on Copilot may occasionally reduce opportunities for deeper learning, especially for beginners.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It鈥檚 a great productivity tool, but you should always review its suggestions for correctness and security.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy

Anadu G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
A Game-Changer for AI-Assisted Coding
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?
GitHub Copilot stands out due to its AI-powered code completion, natural language generation, and IDE integration, which streamline development workflows.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ability to generate and refine code efficiently, saving time and improving productivity.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Bug detection could be more robust, and vendor support could be improved.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you're looking for an AI-powered coding assistant that enhances productivity, GitHub Copilot is a strong choice. However, be mindful of its limitations in bug detection and customization.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Naman G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2025
World changing technology.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?
Copilot offers some amazing new models which are fast and super effective.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The intelligence and pace of growth.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Unreliability.. it can give some bad answers sometimes
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Give it a try. You will definitely love it.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity