AI coding assistants · Comparison

Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot vs JetBrains AI

3 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.

Side by side

Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot vs JetBrains AI: value, access facts, plan limits and bottom lines
Metric	Claude Code	GitHub Copilot	JetBrains AI
What you're paying for	Saves engineering timeA coding agent for the terminal, IDEs and the web, sold with Claude chat on one seat, with no training and IP indemnity on Team.	Compliance includedUnlimited completions plus chat and agents on models from several providers, with no training on your code and IP indemnity from $19 a user.	Worth the priceAI completion, chat and agents inside JetBrains IDEs, with usage at API rates and no surcharge, and free governance for organizations.
Overall score	5.6	8.3Best	5.3
Free option	Paid only	Free plan	Free plan
Card to start	–Not measured	–Not measured	Card required
Getting access	Self-serve	Self-serve	Self-serve
Starter priceCheapest paid plan	$20/mo	$10/mo	$10/mo
Pricing model	Per seat	Seat + usage	Seat + usage
Pricing page	Public prices	Public prices	Public prices
Billing unit	Per seat per month; extra usage as usage credits at API rates	Per user per month; chat and agent usage in AI credits ($0.01 each)	AI credits ($1 of use each); individual plans per month; governance per seat
Free option	None with Claude Code; the Free plan excludes it	Copilot Free: 2,000 completions a month, limited chat and agent usage	AI Free with a JetBrains IDE licence; 30-day AI Pro trial, card needed
Reference scenario (5 developers)	$100/mo on Team Standard seats ($20 × 5, annual), computed	$95/mo on Business ($19 × 5, billed monthly), computed	Not priced: no organization plan includes usage (credits bought separately)
Included usage (organization plan)	1.25x Pro per session per seat, shared with chat; no absolute size stated	1,900 AI credits ($19) per user a month, pooled; completions unlimited	None; pooled prepaid credits, 20 per seat with All Products Pack
Usage beyond the plan	Usage credits at API rates, off until turned on; spend limits	Per-token rates in AI credits; on by default for organizations, budgets available	Prepaid credits at API rates, no surcharge; per-user limits
Models	Anthropic only (Fable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)	Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Microsoft and Moonshot models on Business	Anthropic, OpenAI and Google models; JetBrains Mellum for completion
Training on your code	Not on Team and Enterprise by default; Free, Pro and Max opt-out	Not on Business and Enterprise; Free to Max train unless you opt out	Not without your agreement (terms), on every tier
Data retention	30 days on Team; zero data retention on qualified Enterprise accounts	IDE prompts not retained; other surfaces 28 days (Business)	Not persisted unless detailed data collection is on; provider retention not stated
IP indemnity	Commercial plans (Team, Enterprise, API), no liability cap	Business and Enterprise, unmodified suggestions with the filter on	Not offered
SSO / SCIM / audit log	SAML SSO on Team; SCIM and audit logs on Enterprise	SAML SSO and audit log listed for Business; SCIM through managed users in an enterprise account	SSO listed on Basic; SAML in IDE Services; SCIM coming soon; console audit page
SOC 2 / ISO 27001	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001	SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 cover Copilot Business and Enterprise	SOC 2 Type II covers JetBrains AI; ISO 27001 not listed
Editors and surfaces	Terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, desktop, web, iOS and Android, Slack, CI	VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Xcode, Eclipse, Neovim, Zed, CLI, github.com	JetBrains IDEs, Android Studio, JetBrains Air app and web
Bottom line	From its public pages, Claude Code gives a team an agent for the terminal, IDE and web, plus Claude chat, on a $20 annual seat with no-training terms and uncapped IP indemnity. Usage is stated only as multiples, and models are Anthropic-only.	From its public pages, Copilot Business puts unlimited completions, $19 of pooled usage per user, a wide model choice and the main enterprise controls on a $19 seat. Set budgets early: extra usage is on by default for organizations.	From its public pages, JetBrains AI suits teams in JetBrains IDEs that want unlimited completion and usage at API rates with per-user limits. There is no IP indemnity, no seat with usage included, and several governance features are still coming.

Evidence: Claude Code: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; GitHub Copilot: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; JetBrains AI: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.

When to pick each

In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.

From our Claude Code review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick Claude Code when
You want an agent-first tool for the terminal with chat on the same seat, and IP indemnity without a filter condition.
Pick GitHub Copilot when
You want inline completions, models from several providers, usage priced in dollars and an audit log on Business.
From our GitHub Copilot review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick GitHub Copilot when
You want inline completions, models from several providers and an audit log on the team plan.
Pick Claude Code when
You want a terminal-first agent on Anthropic models, with Claude chat on the same seat, at $20 a seat on annual terms.
From our GitHub Copilot review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick GitHub Copilot when
Your team uses several editors and wants an organization seat with usage included.
Pick JetBrains AI when
Your team works in JetBrains IDEs and wants prepaid credits at API rates with no surcharge.
From our JetBrains AI review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick JetBrains AI when
Your team works in JetBrains IDEs and wants usage at API rates with per-user limits and no seat fee on Basic.
Pick GitHub Copilot when
You want an organization seat with usage included, IP indemnity and support for many editors.
From our JetBrains AI review
Checked Oct 16, 2026
Pick JetBrains AI when
You want models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google in the IDE with unlimited completion.
Pick Claude Code when
You want a terminal agent and Claude chat on one seat with usage included and IP indemnity.

Entry price

Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.

Claude Code
Pro
$20/mo
$17 a month billed annually ($200 up front); individuals
- Claude Code and Claude chat in one usage pool
- At least 5x Free usage per session
- Opus, Sonnet and Haiku; Fable through usage credits
GitHub Copilot
Pro
$10/mo
Individuals; 1,500 AI credits ($15) a month, of which 500 are a flex allotment that may change
- Unlimited completions and next edit suggestions
- Cloud agent and pull request code review
- Most models; some premium models excluded
JetBrains AI
AI Pro
$10/mo
$100 a year billed yearly; 30-day trial, card needed
- 10 AI credits every 30 days
- Junie, Claude Agent, Codex and Gemini agents
- Top-up credits at API rates

Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Claude Code 2026-10-16, GitHub Copilot 2026-10-16, JetBrains AI 2026-10-16.

Which one fits

If you need to start today without a sales call: GitHub CopilotSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 3 self-serve products here (8.3/10).
Lowest starter price: GitHub Copilot and JetBrains AI$10/mo for the Pro (individual) plan each.
Highest overall score: GitHub Copilot8.3/10 (Excellent). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.

Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score

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