GitHub Copilot vs. Microsoft 365 Copilot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GitHub Copilot
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
GitHub Copilot is presented as an AI pair programmer, that plugs into the user's editor. It then turns natural language prompts into code, offers multi-line function suggestions, speeds up test generation, filters out common vulnerable coding patterns, and blocks suggestions matching public code.
$10
per month
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
For enterprises, Microsoft 365 Copilot (or just Microsoft Copilot) is a generative AI operating as an intelligent virtual assistant for work. Through a chat interface, business users can use it to solve a variety of complex tasks.
$31.50
per month per user
Pricing
GitHub CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Editions & Modules
CoPilot for Individuals
$10
per month
CoPilot for Business
$19
per month per user
Microsoft Copilot
$31.50
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GitHub CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing shown is based on an annual commitment. Discount available for annual payment.
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Oracle Digital Assistant
Score 7.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
GitHub CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(8 ratings)
8.3
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(7 ratings)
8.2
(13 ratings)
User Testimonials
GitHub CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Likelihood to Recommend
GitHub
Copilit is fantastic at the following: 1. Solving simple, well-defined problems, such as implementing an algorithm, manipulating a data structure, or string manipulation and regex. 2. Implementing simple APIs that are mainly CRUD in nature, with moderate business logic inside them, which may involve some processing or passing the data through an algorithm. 3. Implementation of well-defined activities, such as implementing a connection to an Oracle DB using Hibernate or JDBC, or implementing boilerplate code for a backend service to listen to Kafka events. It is not that great when it comes to understanding and implementing code in a proprietary DSL. It struggles when implementing a major feature across a complex codebase. I believe developers should also adopt the trust-but-verify paradigm when expecting highly secure or regulated code from GitHub Copilot.
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Microsoft
I highly recommend its usage in Teams meetings to prepare a session transcript, meeting minutes,
next steps and recognize speech by person. Also within the meeting recording, there is separation between the people talking at the time. The Copilot image creation is very accurate and useful to
customize my PowerPoint presentations and other documents
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Pros
GitHub
  • Make code development faster and quicker.
  • Helps write better code standards for projects.
  • Provide the latest functions from the technology.
  • Notifies about the deprecated functions.
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Microsoft
  • Good analysis of the ticket system at the service desk, so that this can be anticipated properly
  • For the management of IT environments, quick examples of scripting for desired solutions
  • For consultants and managers, they co-pilot a technical report into language understandable to a non-technical client, including a visual summary.
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Cons
GitHub
  • The only issue I faced is the context token size, it can be increase.
  • Sometime with agent mode it takes too much time, which can be reduced but I understand it also depends on the complexity of the given task.
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Microsoft
  • The quality of image generation in Microsoft Copilot could be improved. Compared to other AI platforms, Copilot's images often fall short in quality and frequently contain typos.
  • When generating agents and chatbots, Microsoft Copilot currently doesn't appear to support file download functionality.
  • The email reply function is useful, but the responses can sometimes be overly elaborate. It would be helpful to have more options for adjusting the tone.
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Likelihood to Renew
GitHub
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Absolutely!!! I have a high regard for the product and will use it for years to come.
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Usability
GitHub
I feel that GitHub Copilot's overall usability is good due to its tight integration with Visual Studio and the workspace. However, developers expect greater ease of use, as there is a learning curve to realize productivity gains with the tool fully. I think there is room for improvement in GitHub Copilot's UI integration within Visual Studio.
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Microsoft
it is nearly perfect and it’s usability one of the main factors and contributing to the score is how versatile this tool is. it is vastly usable in a multitude of circumstances, and has a few limitations, but overall this product works well for what it is intended. It is very helpful for some otherwise time consuming tasks.
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Alternatives Considered
GitHub
It is useful that copilot integrates so well with vscode, which is a very common IDE. I used Tabnine for a little while but it was not that intuitive, and did not seem as helpful as GitHub copilot was. I have enjoyed GitHub copilot a lot, especially the ease of hitting the tab key and seeing quick progress in my tasks.
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Microsoft
I think It lost the race for now. I don't think Microsoft will keep investing on it since we have better tools outside their environment. In my opinion, Microsoft Copilot is not even in the benchmark tools and in the race for AGI. I think Microsoft is way behind and Microsoft Copilot suffered the lack of investment like the one made by its competitors.
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Return on Investment
GitHub
  • Our ROI of the purchase of Copilot was met in less than a day. The timesave cannot be overstated
  • Programmer boredom/dissatisfaction is down because of less repetetive crud work.
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Microsoft
  • Copilot has had a huge positive impact on my productivity. My job requires a lot of author and customer interaction, so since I use Copilot, I dont need to spend hours in my workday answering emails.
  • Copilot has also helped with my data analysis skills. I use the data analysis to create proposals and I have noticed a significant increase in project approvals after I have started using Copilot.
  • One of the business objectives of my company is to create high quality education resources. Since Copilot is integrated across platforms and departments in all office locations across the world, it has helped streamline operations in my company. This has definitely supported in achieving this objective.
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