3 categories · RankedGitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant from GitHub · github.com ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 1 of 66 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Cursor at 12%.
Ranked first. Next is Windsurf at 4%. 13 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is Amazon Q Developer at 5%.
Why models recommend it
“I'd suggest evaluating GitHub Copilot (strong industry adoption) and Claude (excellent for complex reasoning) as starting points”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · first choice
“Start with GitHub Copilot if you're already on GitHub — it's the safest, most mature, and most widely adopted option”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“GitHub Copilot is widely considered the best all-around AI coding assistant for mid-market B2B companies.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“The pioneer and most widely adopted (40M+ users)... Professional in VS Code: GitHub Copilot or Cursor.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“GitHub explicitly warns that Copilot CLI and cloud-agent workflows need extra caution around command execution, sensitive information, and inaccurate code.”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
“Highest visibility in risks—can memorize/leak real secrets, API keys, or training data snippets... consumer/free tiers are riskier.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“AI coding assistants like Copilot and Cursor introduce 45% vulnerability rates, secret leaks, and prompt injection risks in 2026.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“they emphasize caution with tools that integrate deeply into development environments (like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin)”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as GitHub Copilot, over the 235 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 127 | 1 | View → | |
| 104 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 91 | 0 | View → | |
| 77 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 36 | 1 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 1 | View → | |
| 24 | 2 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of GitHub Copilot →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on GitHub Copilot's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Your AI accelerator for every workflow, from the editor to the enterprise.
- Price stated
- Free: $0USDper user / month; Pro: $10USDper user / month; Pro+: $39USDper user / month; Max: $100USDper user / month; Business: $19USDper user / month; Enterprise: $39USDper user / month
- Starting price
- $0USDper user / month
- Free plan or trial
- Free
- Customers named
- Grupo Boticário
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 207 of the 235 answers that named GitHub Copilot and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
214 of the 394 domain citations in answers naming GitHub Copilot came from a third party's page. Fifty-seven were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |