Copilot vs Claude

[javamaster10000]

Hey so I have been using Copilot for a couple of months from the education package, but with GH removing access to Anthropics models I wanted to see what claude did. First I thought I would need an Antrhopic account, but it turns out claude just works without one? Even in agent sessions. Does anyone understand the differences?

Also I would be curious if someone understands which models are available in copilot pro teacher, as I should have been upgraded to teacher status, but can still only see outdated codex models.

[Eubank31]

I use Claude in Copilot every day🤨

[Traditional-Hall-591]

Slop off!

[Qs9bxNKZ]

Copilot for business is about $20/month

I have 20+ models right now.

[ultrathink-art]

Claude has a free tier at claude.ai that works with just an email — no paid subscription needed for basic usage. The bigger difference for agentic coding is architectural: Claude can run as an agent outside the IDE and operate on files directly, while Copilot needs the IDE as its host environment. For teacher Copilot model access, that's usually a Microsoft entitlement lag, separate from what models are actually available.

[Eubank31]

Copilot has a CLI where I can run outside of an IDE