
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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96 Plan to Renew
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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

Newton M.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2025
A smart coding assistant
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?
GitHub Copilot stands out because it鈥檚 directly integrated into popular coding environments like VS Code, offering real-time, context-aware code suggestions. Unlike many other AI coding tools, it learns from a vast range of open-source projects, helping it provide relevant and practical code snippets. This seamless integration and its ability to understand the flow of your code make it feel like a helpful pair programmer right inside your editor.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of GitHub Copilot is how effortlessly it integrates into the coding workflow, offering real-time suggestions that often save time and inspire creative solutions. It鈥檚 like having a smart coding partner who鈥檚 always ready to help brainstorm or handle routine tasks.
What do you dislike most about this product?
What I dislike most about GitHub Copilot is that sometimes the code suggestions don鈥檛 perfectly fit the specific context or project standards, which means you have to carefully review and edit its output. It can also occasionally generate insecure or inefficient code, so relying on it blindly isn鈥檛 advisable.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you鈥檙e considering GitHub Copilot, I鈥檇 recommend trying it out as a productivity booster鈥攅specially for routine coding tasks and brainstorming. But keep in mind it鈥檚 not a replacement for solid coding knowledge or thorough code reviews. Use it as a smart assistant to speed up your work, but always double-check the suggestions to ensure quality and security.
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- Caring
- Respectful
- Fair
- Altruistic
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2025
Solid Productivity Tool
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Helps Innovate
- Performance Enhancing
- Inspires Innovation

Mark M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2025
Awesome product
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?
Seem less integration in code and error detection, github copilot does magic and corrects your code instantly
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It's unique features
What do you dislike most about this product?
A bit expensive
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Don't think about, buy it and use it, great for coding and error handling
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity