Yes. Free $0: 2,000 completions per month; 'limited chat and agent usage'; 'access to entry level models'; Free plan supports CLI and agent mode. No credit card. Verified students get a free Copilot Student plan; verified teachers and popular OSS maintainers may get Pro free. The cheapest paid plan is GitHub Copilot Pro at $10/mo.
| Fact | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $10/mo |
| What you get | Free $0: 2,000 completions per month; 'limited chat and agent usage'; 'access to entry level models'; Free plan supports CLI and agent mode. No credit card. Verified students get a free Copilot Student plan; verified teachers and popular OSS maintainers may get Pro free.Source: github.com · checked 2026-10-16 | Unlimited completions/next-edit suggestions; 1,500 monthly AI credits ($15 value: $10 base + $5 flex); medium-complexity models; third-party agents (Claude Code, Codex). Chat, agent mode, code review, cloud agent and CLI consume credits.Source: github.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Top plan | Max · $100/mo |
AI coding tools with a permanent free plan; ones that put a number on the allowance first, as in our free rankings. Full list: Free tiers of AI coding tools compared.
| Tool | Free? | What you get for $0 & source |
|---|---|---|
| Bolt.newAI coding | Free tier Allowance stated | Free: 300K tokens daily limit, 1M tokens per month; Bolt branding; 10MB uploads; hosting up to 333k web requests; unlimited databases. Source: bolt.new · checked 2026-10-16 |
| v0AI coding | Free tier Allowance stated | Free: $5 in one-time credits for new users; 7 message/day limit; deploy to Vercel; Design Mode; GitHub sync. Source: v0.app · checked 2026-10-16 |
| JetBrains AIAI coding | Free tier Allowance stated | AI Free: unlimited AI code completion in JetBrains IDEs; 3 monthly AI credits (1 credit = $1 USD). Source: jetbrains.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| KiroAI coding | Free tier Allowance stated | Kiro Free (perpetual): 50 credits per month. Social-login/Builder ID free users get Claude Sonnet 4.5 and open-weight models. $20 credit on first upgrade. Source: kiro.dev · checked 2026-10-16 |
| CursorAI coding | Free tier | Free plan $0/month: 'Limited agent requests', 'Limited Chat requests'. No third-party models (Claude/GPT/Gemini) on Free. Exact request counts not published. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
GitHub Copilot's cheapest paid plan: Pro $10/mo. Prices are the month-to-month price of each tool's cheapest individual plan, the same basis as our rankings; "billed yearly" when that's all the vendor publishes.
Yes. Free $0: 2,000 completions per month; 'limited chat and agent usage'; 'access to entry level models'; Free plan supports CLI and agent mode. No credit card. Verified students get a free Copilot Student plan; verified teachers and popular OSS maintainers may get Pro free.
Free $0: 2,000 completions per month; 'limited chat and agent usage'; 'access to entry level models'; Free plan supports CLI and agent mode. No credit card. Verified students get a free Copilot Student plan; verified teachers and popular OSS maintainers may get Pro free.
GitHub Copilot Pro is $10/mo; the top individual plan, GitHub Copilot Max, is $100/mo. Checked 2026-10-16.
Bolt.new: Free: 300K tokens daily limit, 1M tokens per month; Bolt branding; 10MB uploads; hosting up to 333k web requests; unlimited databases. v0: Free: $5 in one-time credits for new users; 7 message/day limit; deploy to Vercel; Design Mode; GitHub sync. JetBrains AI: AI Free: unlimited AI code completion in JetBrains IDEs; 3 monthly AI credits (1 credit = $1 USD).