Codeium vs GitHub Copilot

A side-by-side comparison of Codeium and GitHub Copilot — pricing, free tiers, and who each tool is genuinely best for.

	Codeium	GitHub Copilot
Tagline	Free AI code completion for 70+ languages	AI pair programmer that autocompletes code and chats inside your editor
Category	AI Coding	AI Coding
Pricing	Free individual tier (unlimited completions); Pro reportedly ~$15/mo; Teams ~$30/user/mo — verify at codeium.com	Free tier with limited completions; Pro from ~$10/user/mo; Business ~$19/user/mo; Enterprise ~$39/user/mo
Free tier
Best for	Individual developers who want genuinely unlimited AI completions without a subscription.	Developers and teams already living in GitHub and mainstream IDEs who want trusted inline completions plus chat.
Not for	Teams needing advanced admin controls or enterprise SSO on a budget.	Teams wanting a fully agentic, repo-rewriting IDE rather than an assistant layered onto their existing editor.
Use cases	Inline code autocomplete Multi-line code generation AI chat in the IDE Code search across the repo	Inline code completion Code explanation and chat Writing unit tests Refactoring functions Generating boilerplate
	Visit Codeium	Visit GitHub Copilot

Choose it if: Individual developers who want genuinely unlimited AI completions without a subscription.

Choose it if: Developers and teams already living in GitHub and mainstream IDEs who want trusted inline completions plus chat.