Claude vs GitHub Copilot comparison

By starting price alone, GitHub Copilot is $10 cheaper. But price is not everything, so check the highlighted rows in the table below.

Claude and GitHub Copilot compared side by side in AI.

CurrencyUSD KRW EUR

Claude

AI assistant strong in writing and coding. Strengths are long-document analysis and natural prose

A coding AI that autocompletes and writes code inside dev tools such as VS Code

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

Item	ClaudeVisit site	GitHub CopilotVisit site
Starting price	≈€17.83+ ($20)Official USD price	≈€8.92+ ($10)Official USD price
Free tier	Free plan available	Free plan available
Korean support	Good	Good
Main models	Claude Fable 5.1 Opus 5.5 Sonnet 5.5 Haiku 5.5 Claude Code	GPT-6.1 Sol/GPT-6 Astra Claude Opus 5.5/Sonnet 5.5 Gemini 3.8 Flash Grok 4.7 MAI-Code-1.1-Flash and others selectable
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Coding, Writing/Productivity	Coding
Company	Anthropic, United States	GitHub (Microsoft), United States
Plans	Free Pro $20 (annual billing $17) Max $100/$200 Team $25/$125 (per seat) Enterprise	Free Student free Pro $10 Pro+ $39 Max $100 Business $19 Enterprise $39 (AI credit system)
Pros	Top-tier writing quality and coding skill Handles long documents Focus on safety and accuracy	Widest integration with dev tools Can choose models from several companies Free for students and open source
Cons	Small free usage allowance No image or video generation The top model (Fable) has generous use only on Max and above	Usage-based AI credits run out fast if you use top models a lot May be weaker than dedicated AI editors for complex tasks

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (2026-10-20). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.