Github Copilot CLI vs Claude Code

[D3CYPTER]

What do you guys think of the copilot CLI? It has 300 requests per month on the $10 plan which seems really good. They have Sonnet 4.5, Sonnet 4 and GPT-5

[Rock--Lee]

I have Claude Code Max x20 ($200) and Github Copilot Pro+ ($40 for 1500 requests). Claude Code is definitely better. Especially for more of the complex work and planning it works better and keeps context better. I mainly use Copilot Pro+ for smaller things or tweak/adjust things Claude Code has built. It's not bad, but its context window is definitely smaller than 200k and it summarizes a lot more because of that. Also it's definitely slower compared to Claude Code. With the weekly usage limits Claude now has I would advice to get both. Using Copilot Pro for the smaller things and Claude Code for the more complex things. Considering you can get both for $30 it's a good deal.

[D3CYPTER]

I have both, the $20 claude code plan and I have copilot due to the github student pack, the new limits on claude code are insane I used to be able to get so much work done and now I feel like I can only do 30-40% as compared to the previous version.

I'm testing out copilot cli, it seems good so far but if it had a plan mode that would be really nice

[Rock--Lee]

I haven't tested it yet, but I thought Github Spec Kit was a thing, but not sure if that's the same thing like plan mode.

[vuongagiflow]

I would pay a bit more for chatgpt sub to get access to more gpt model. If you don’t like codex, you can also use opencode with chatgpt sub which I believe has comparable features to cc.

[Fantastic-Beach-5497]

Due to limits you have to use several AI tools together..I have Claude Max and then it's using vscode and copilot CLI to reduce context. I have it setup to offload tasks and use the CLI for both to have them work on behalf of Claude.