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GitHub Copilot

8.6 /10
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GitHub Copilot
8.6 /10

What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot suggests code completions as developers type and turns natural language prompts into coding suggestions based on the project's context and style conventions. GitHub Copilot keeps track of your work, suggests descriptions, and helps reviewers reason about your changes. Use GitHub Copilot to code faster, drive impact, and focus on doing what matters most: building great software.

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GitHub Copilot Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love GitHub Copilot?

0% Negative
2% Neutral
98% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Efficient Service
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

GitHub Copilot Reviews

Akshat A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?

Code generation and autocompletion: As developers type their code, CoPilot AI employs machine learning models to produce code suggestions and autocompletions. Based on the context and patterns discovered from a vast corpus of publicly available code, it can offer pertinent code snippets. Coding can be done more quickly and with less manual typing thanks to this functionality. CoPilot AI supports a variety of programming languages, including well-known ones like Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, and many others. Because of its adaptability, CoPilot AI may be used by developers in a variety of projects and languages, offering dependable help and

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Potential leads can be identified based on the specific attributes that you are looking for, allowing for a comprehensive lead list. With the automation, you are able to reach a wide range of people quickly and easily. One of the most effective ways to do cold outreach, with high response rates and a high ROI.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You need to work hard to "disguise" automation. Too many users are misusing CoPilot, so to get a response, you need to make it look like you're NOT using it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Using email to cold outreach potential leads can often be ineffective, as emails can easily land in Spam or Promotions folders and be ignored. CoPilot AI allows you to connect with folks via LinkedIn, which makes the interaction feel more secure & personalized than a cold email. It also is helpful when searching for potential leads, as the program allows you to filter for specific industries, roles, and interests which allows you to create a pipeline that is truly aligned with your organization and outreach criteria.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time

Cons

  • Leverages Incumbent Status

Mohd K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

A Deep Dive into GitHub Copilot

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?

Copilot stands out with its deep GitHub integration and vast training data on real-world code. This translates to better suggestions beyond just code completion.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

GitHub Copilot's strength lies in its ability to streamline development. By automating repetitive tasks and suggesting full functions based on context, it frees developers to focus on core problems

What do you dislike most about this product?

Potential for errors: Overly trusting Copilot's suggestions without proper review could lead to bugs or security vulnerabilities in the code. Limited paradigm support: Its focus on object-oriented programming might make it less effective for developers working in other paradigms.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider Copilot if you're an experienced developer comfortable with a subscription fee. It excels at speeding up development in object-oriented languages.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Sehaj K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Fabulous and fantastic

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates GitHub Copilot from other similar products?

GitHub Copilot stands out from other similar products due to its deep integration with GitHub, extensive codebase access, and real-time code suggestions powered by GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models, enabling rapid code generation and contextually relevant assistance within the developer workflow.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

GitHub Copilot is its ability to assist developers by providing contextually relevant code suggestions, thereby accelerating development workflows and enhancing productivity.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dont have any dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For those considering GitHub Copilot, I recommend thoroughly understanding its capabilities, integrating it into existing workflows cautiously, and providing feedback to improve its accuracy over time.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service