# Alternatives to GitHub Copilot > Source: https://theagentsindex.com/github-copilot/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Cursor Coding agent in a desktop editor, terminal CLI, cloud VMs and CI, priced per seat plus token usage. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GitHub Copilot:** - [Reviews code: yes — Two review paths: Bugbot reviews pull requests in the repo host, and Agent Review reviews local changes before commit.](https://cursor.com/bugbot) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Cloud agents work across multiple repositories in one task and raise a pull request in each repo they touch.](https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent) - [Ships it: partial — It stops at the branch and pull request; deployment stays with your own CI, though a CLI run in CI can be given git and gh access.](https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent) **Trade-offs against GitHub Copilot:** - [Open models: partial — All inference is hosted: the catalogue includes GLM 5.2 from Z.ai and Kimi K3 from Moonshot, but there is no path to point Cursor at open weights you run.](https://cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) [View Cursor](https://theagentsindex.com/cursor) ### 2. Junie JetBrains coding agent for the terminal, JetBrains IDEs and CI, running on hosted or your own model keys. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GitHub Copilot:** - [Reviews code: yes — A separate read-only review agent reviews diffs someone else wrote, comparing a branch against main or a named revision, and it also runs unattended on GitHub pull requests.](https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-review-agent.html) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — The vendor claims repository-wide edits rather than single-file assistance, and markets long-running migrations specifically as the case its asynchronous remote mode exists for.](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/ai-assistant/junie-agent.html) - [Ships it: partial — It reaches further than a diff, committing, pushing branches and opening pull requests through the GitHub Action, but no deployment or release step is documented anywhere on the site.](https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-on-github.html) **Trade-offs against GitHub Copilot:** - [In a browser: partial — The web app is a companion view onto a CLI session still running on your own machine, not a standalone hosted agent, and the vendor lists a dozen features it cannot do.](https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-cli-remote-mode.html) [View Junie](https://theagentsindex.com/junie) ### 3. Devin Cloud AI software engineer that takes a ticket, works in its own VM, and opens a pull request. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GitHub Copilot:** - [Reviews code: yes — Devin Review reviews pull requests anyone authored, reorganising and explaining large diffs in the Devin webapp.](https://docs.devin.ai/work-with-devin/devin-review) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Migrations spanning many files, modules or whole repositories are the stated use for fanning work out to parallel sessions.](https://docs.devin.ai/work-with-devin/advanced-capabilities) - [Ships it: partial — Stops at the pull request in your repository; your team merges and ships through its existing pipeline.](https://docs.devin.ai/product-guides/deployment-capabilities) **Trade-offs against GitHub Copilot:** - [Bring your own key: partial — Your own AWS KMS key encrypts data at rest, but only on the Enterprise Assured deployment; no bring-your-own-inference is documented.](https://docs.devin.ai/enterprise/security-access/security/customer-managed-keys) - [Opt out of training: partial — Training is on by default and the opt-out is paid-plans-only; opting out also enables Zero Data Retention with the model providers.](https://docs.devin.ai/admin/security) [View Devin](https://theagentsindex.com/devin) ### 4. Warp Agentic development environment: a terminal, a standalone agent CLI, and unattended cloud coding agents. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GitHub Copilot:** - [Reviews code: yes — Cloud agents review other people's pull requests and comment inline, via GitHub Actions or the GitHub App; the in-app review panel is the inverse, a human reviewing the agent.](https://docs.warp.dev/platform/integrations/github-actions/) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Codebase Context indexes the Git-tracked repo (and other indexed repos) so agents can carry repo-wide changes; index size caps vary by plan, at least 5,000 files per codebase on every plan.](https://docs.warp.dev/agents/capabilities/codebase-context/) - [Ships it: partial — Agents commit, push branches and open pull requests through the GitHub integration, but no page describes the agent performing a deployment.](https://docs.warp.dev/platform/integrations/github/) **Trade-offs against GitHub Copilot:** - [In your editor: no — There is no first-party IDE or editor extension; Warp ships its own editor and diff review and positions itself as the thing that replaces the external IDE. It can only launch your editor.](https://docs.warp.dev/code/overview/) - [Free tier: partial — The Free plan is a self-serve download with no call, but it bundles no agent usage: you must buy add-on credits or bring your own inference before the agent will run on Warp models.](https://docs.warp.dev/support-and-community/plans-and-billing/credits/) [View Warp](https://theagentsindex.com/warp) ### 5. Factory Droid coding agents that run in the desktop app, CLI, IDEs, CI and Factory-managed cloud computers. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GitHub Copilot:** - [Reviews code: yes — /review reviews branches, commits or uncommitted diffs locally; a CI workflow reviews pull requests.](https://docs.factory.ai/software-factory/code-review) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Missions decompose multi-feature work into milestones and are documented for brownfield migrations.](https://docs.factory.ai/missions/overview) - [Ships it: partial — High autonomy permits pushes, deployments and migrations; the Release stage that tracks ship gates is Private Preview.](https://docs.factory.ai/droid-exec/overview) **Trade-offs against GitHub Copilot:** - [Free tier: no — The published plan list starts at Pro $20/mo; no free tier or trial is offered, though Droid Core and a BYOK allowance are free within a paid plan.](https://docs.factory.ai/pricing/individuals) - [Opt out of training: partial — Zero Data Retention is a Business and Enterprise plan feature; Factory says it routes traffic directly to providers and stores no prompts, and never indexes your repository.](https://docs.factory.ai/enterprise/privacy-and-data-flows) [View Factory](https://theagentsindex.com/factory-ai) ### 6. Kilo Code Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at provider rates. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GitHub Copilot:** - [Reviews code: yes — Kilo Code Reviewer analyses pull requests and comments in the PR.](https://kilo.ai/code-reviewer) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Indexes the repository and runs multi-step repo-wide work such as migrations.](https://kilo.ai/) - [Ships it: partial — Cloud Agents commit and push to a session branch and raise pull requests; the vendor names deployments only in a comparison claim, and documents no deploy pipeline.](https://kilo.ai/cloud) **Trade-offs against GitHub Copilot:** - [API access: partial — Cloud Agent sessions can be launched by HTTP webhook and usage data has documented OpenAPI endpoints; no public API for driving the agent itself is documented.](https://kilo.ai/cloud) - [Seat model: partial — Flat $15 per user per month with Owner and Member roles; no seat floor or ceiling is published.](https://kilo.ai/teams) [View Kilo Code](https://theagentsindex.com/kilo-code) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.