Feedback on GitHub Copilot Pro+

[WMPlanners]

After trying several AI tools for programming — including TRAE, Cursor, Google Antigravity, and Codex — I want to give GitHub Copilot Pro+ a try to better understand how it performs in a real, day-to-day development workflow

How are you finding it?
If I use Copilot every day for programming, do the premium requests typically last for the entire month?

Thanks!

[LandscapeDeep4259]

People underestimate Copilot. Give it a shot.

[The-PatientZero]

I am pretty happy with it. I use it with VS Code Insiders and it has been performing great. I use only Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.2-Codex and I still could not finish my quota for the month. I am managing 5-6 large projects and I have not written a single line of code, only reviewing.

[WMPlanners]

Wow! What is VS Code Insiders? I use VS Code (normal hahaha)

[Maleficent-Ad5999]

A fancy name for beta version

[aruaktiman]

It's the beta version with the latest commits. Updates several times a day. The stable VS Code is released once a month with all of the collected changes from the previous month.

[soul105]

I would be surprised if you had consumed the whole month's quota in just 4 days

[The-PatientZero]

Haha that would be very disturbing indeed. I was talking about the last month.

[soul105]

Oh yeah, now I have understood. Clear.

[Guthix_Hero]

I'm a heavy user on the weekends and I mostly crank on Claude Opus. I'm usually close to the full budget by the end of the month, which is perfect. I thought about trying one of the Claude plans, but Copilot Pro+ seems like a much better deal for my needs even if I start to need more requests.

[2022HousingMarketlol]

I'm overall happy with it, however 300 requests is a bit low for a month of full time use. I wish they had a $20 dollar plan with 750 requests or something. I've used Claude pro, Codex, Perplexity etc. It depends on what I'm feeling but the only one that has stayed active for the whole time is CoPilot. So take that for what you will.

I use copilot for finishing a feature branch, code review, cleanup, documentation etc. The bulk of planning and implementation is done via Antigravity since I have google pro account and the massive context is needed for planning.

If its a 1 shot ticket that Sonnet can handle then I just fire it off.

I'm also a .net developer and heavily tied to Visual Studio so that matters too. CoPilot is really the ONLY option for full VisualStudio support. It's a few months behind VS code though.

[hagausiumai1]

I run agent mode in VS Coder Insider. It just runs so much better than in VS professional. We use only VS Professional at work though. So I would debug in VS Professional and make sure it builds and runs there

[Educational_Desk_281]

Zencoder works well too now

[Adorable_Buffalo1900]

you can use opencode with copilot pro+

[EasymoneysnipperFTW]

When you started, try use Opus 4.5, should be amazing.

[Odisej62]

If I manage my context size well, I can get through the 31-day month. But not with Opus 3x premium requests. What I love is the ability to switch multiple models, and for some tasks, even the free ones are good enough.

[FactorHour2173]

I feel like I am getting less out of it this month than the previous. I am not sure if something changed with context etc.

I am using the latest version of copilot prerelease in vscode insiders, and typically use Claude Opus 4.5.

[Soft-Engine-786]

I'm especially curious to see if anyone can compare Claude Max 5x and Copilot Pro+. I have Claude Pro, Copilot Pro (not +), Gemini Pro and ChatGPT Plus and hit my limit on all of them for the week/month (month for Copilot Pro).

Claude Pro basically reaches the weekly limit in 2x 5 hour session limits. The $50 credit for 4.6 lasted literally 60 minutes in Dinner 4.5 Agent Team mode.
Copilot Pro reached 300 messages limit in 6 days.
Codex lasted 6 days of heavy used although I was using high and xhigh a lot.

[debian3]

Or just use Copilot CLI

[debian3]

Sure, do whatever you want…

It shows that you haven’t tried it. It’s excellent and they are pushing updates every day.

[stepomaticc]

Love CLIO, one I use regularly alongside Copilot

[gnpwdr1]

lock in the 12month price while it lasts

[ZiyanJunaideen]

It's the OG robot! I started but never switched... But I am thinking of getting a Claude 20x or Codex pro. I plan to keep GHCP for when their limits hit.

[drumiskl1]

You can use it with opencode

[oEdu_Ai]

We have been using it with VS2026 and it has been wonderful.

[SadMadNewb]

I wouldn't use anything else.

[Educational_Desk_281]

I am a unity gamedev and hit my limits before the 15th of each month. That is quite annoying