GitHub Copilot Reviews & Product Details

Copilot helps to complete certain task with help of Ai intelligence and variety of useful integrations.

Different agents complete the workflow in a systematic manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In complex tasks the copilot ai hallucinates sometimes and stuck between the files.

Also the pricing is bit high for advance/pro subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its strong integration with GitHub makes it a strong contender for developers already within that ecosystem. For individual developers, the Pro plan is often considered good value, paying for itself within the first week through time saved on boilerplate code, tests, and documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Learning how to use GitHub Copilot’s suggestions effectively and integrate them into a project can take some time, particularly when you’re working on more complex coding tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I mainly use GitHub Copilot inside vs code mainly when building a project or while practicing DSA. It saves my time by providing boilerplate code and common patterns along with helper functions that one needs to type in manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it misunderstands what I am actually trying to build. For more complex logic I still have to think through the implementation myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GitHub Copilot excels as a strategic pair programmer, particularly within a documentation-first workflow. It’s remarkably effective at polishing technical documentation before a single line of code is written, then leveraging that context to generate highly accurate pattern recommendations. The VS Code integration is seamless, making it easy to manage the context window and keep instructions mapped to the proper memory locations for an uninterrupted flow. Onboarding was frictionless; simply logging into my licensed GitHub account integrated the tool immediately into my existing environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’d like a more seamless way to integrate with newer models or offline models, although I understand the security implications of allowing that kind of customization. It would also help to have clearer guidance on setting up the environment to better match my workflow style and methodologies, along with a more direct way to manage the AI’s memory, rules, and guidelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I mainly use GitHub Copilot in VS Code, where it can read the whole repo and help me design prototypes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recently, they started charging much more for credit usage, and that ended up being a painful dealbreaker for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like smart code auto complete feature and also context aware suggestions. The pr summarization and code review suggestions are also best features. It is very easy to integrate into our vs code ide as well. The UI is very simple and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it generates code which contains security risks and sometimes we see too many unnecessary comments in pr which are too noisy.The main thing I don't like rate limit in paid plan as well. The agent mode takes 20 to 30 percent tokens on unnecessary things like comments etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use GitHub Copilot to significantly speed up development by providing real-time code suggestions and reducing repetitive coding efforts. The newer versions have an agent model that does things automatically, reducing turnaround times to deliver features to applications. I appreciate its ability to provide multiple modes of approval, allowing me to bypass approvals for less critical tasks, while ensuring approvals for production-critical work. This flexibility is really good. Another aspect I like is that it allows me to see the reasoning and analysis it performs, which helps me to understand its logic and make corrections if needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Suggestions are not always accurate and sometimes require validation. It can also generate overly generic or suboptimal code if prompts are not clear. And the token usage is very high if you don't know how to write proper concise prompts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think all the features of GitHub Copilot are really wonderful to improve our software development philosophy. I like that it has predictive text awareness, where it understands and reasons through the entire project code to suggest appropriate code automation. I also appreciate its ability to eliminate boilerplate code, like setting up a unit test skeleton and creating various Java or Node.js components. It helps review code for vulnerabilities and supports many programming languages, which is really useful for our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While GitHub Copilot is a helpful tool for developers, it does have some shortcomings such as architectural and cross-file blindness. Copilot struggles with tasks that span multiple files or involve complex project architecture, which can cause it to lose context. Like other AI tools, it sometimes hallucinates or generates speculative content, suggesting methods or classes that don't exist. These issues can pose security and quality risks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part about GitHub Copilot is that I can choose the best available models based on my requirements. Also, Auto mode works well, and Copilot chooses the best model depending on the workload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes, GitHub Copilot doesn’t return any output and keeps asking me to retry again and again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the inline edits and that I can use it in my favorite IDE, IntelliJ. It was my first AI coding tool, and I also really appreciate the auto-generated commit messages from Copilot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI experience isn’t that great compared to other competitors like Cursour. It takes forever to make even simple changes, which makes the overall workflow feel slow and frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.