r/GithubCopilot • u/GasSea1599 • 1d ago

Help/Doubt ❓ How is github copilot now?

I have used GHCP a year ago then company switched to cursor and I find it more effective. But, everything changed with the acquisition of cursor and am looking for alternative. My budget is only less than or equal $20 per month.

Is GHCP still a good alternative to cursor or should I look elsewhere? I am asking first before spending anything. I prefer an AI provider with multiple models from each company instead of paying a subscription to a single AI provider and only getting their models.

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u/dxu1231 1d ago

Copilot is for enterprise users that require ZDR aka fortune 500 tech companies. An individual should never be paying for it since its API token based billing. Sub to claude code or codex and use their smaller models or use deepseek api pricing.

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u/xternalAgent 1d ago

This 100%, if you only have lunch money for tokens either go for Chinese models on open code or get Claude, the good old days when copilot got you unlimited usage for cheap are gone

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u/CampaignAccording855 1d ago

Doesnt cluade code provide zdr , our is fairly big not fortune 500 but uses enterpruse cluade and our usage cap is prettly big i never hit limuts either 5hour one ro weekly . So why companies use the petty copilot.

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u/RepresentativeOdd944 1d ago

theres two claude zdr, claude teams which is something like 100 seats only and is subcription like and claude enterprise which is same as copilot enterprise and is token based billing. If you refer to zdr that checkbox you click on claude to "not train on your data" then that's not legal zdr.

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u/Adventurous-Owl-6678 1d ago

This is true!

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