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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | AI Coding | AI Coding |
| Description | Anthropic's terminal-based autonomous coding agent powered by Claude Opus 4.6 with 1M token context. Runs 30-hour autonomous tasks with access to your filesystem, shell, and test runners. Native IDE extensions for VS Code and JetBrains allow inline use alongside Cursor-style editing. Scores 74.4%–80.9% on SWE-bench Verified. | GitHub's AI pair programmer, now extended with Agent Mode for autonomous task execution and Copilot Workspace for feature-to-PR workflows. The free tier was significantly expanded in late 2025, making it the first major AI coding tool with meaningful free access. Integrates natively into VS Code, JetBrains, and GitHub.com. |
| Powered by Claude Opus 4.6 with 1M token context window | Supported | Not supported |
| Autonomous 30-hour task execution with filesystem, shell, and test access | Supported | Not supported |
| SWE-bench Verified score: 74.4%–80.9% (leading among terminal agents) | Supported | Not supported |
| VS Code and JetBrains IDE extensions for inline use | Supported | Not supported |
| CLAUDE.md project configuration for persistent behavior rules | Supported | Not supported |
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) for custom tool integrations | Supported | Not supported |
| Git integration: reads history, diffs, and commits on your behalf | Supported | Not supported |
| Headless mode for CI/CD pipeline integration | Supported | Not supported |
| Plan mode for architectural review before code execution | Supported | Not supported |
| Three operating modes: Default, Auto, and Plan | Supported | Not supported |
| Agent Mode: autonomous task execution with file edits and terminal commands | Not supported | Supported |
| Copilot Workspace: go from GitHub issue to pull request with AI planning and implementation | Not supported | Supported |
| Free tier: 2,000 completions/month and 50 chat messages — permanently free | Not supported | Supported |
| Multi-model selection: Claude 4.6 Sonnet, GPT-4o, and o3-mini available on paid plans | Not supported | Supported |
| VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and GitHub.com web editor integration | Not supported | Supported |
| Copilot Reviews: AI code review on pull requests with actionable suggestions | Not supported | Supported |
| Copilot for CLI: natural language to shell commands in terminal | Not supported | Supported |
| Enterprise audit logs, IP indemnity, and data exclusion controls | Not supported | Supported |
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