Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot

Side-by-side comparison of Claude Code and GitHub Copilot: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Claude Code Agentic AI coding assistant by Anthropic that works directly in your terminal Visit	GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer that autocompletes and generates code inside your editor. Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
Audience	Technical	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Anthropic	OpenAI / Anthropic / Google
Founded	2021	2021
Headquarters	San Francisco, USA	San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·Deep codebase understanding via file system access ·Agentic multi-step task execution in the terminal ·Reads, writes, and runs code autonomously ·Tight integration with git and shell workflows	·inline autocomplete ·VS Code integration ·multi-model ·enterprise SSO