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GitHub Copilot vs Greptile

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
GitHub Copilot
Coding
Greptile
Coding
TaglineThe original AI pair programmer, now with chat and agents.AI code review that understands the whole codebase, not just the diff
CategoryCodingCoding
PricingPaid· Free for individuals; $10/mo Pro; $19/mo BusinessPaid· Free for open-source / $30 per seat/month (includes 50 review credits, $1 per additional credit) / Enterprise (self-hosted, custom)
ModelGPT / Claude / OpenAI o-series (configurable)—
Editorial score9.1 / 10—
Use cases
autocompletechatPR reviewagents
Automated pull request reviewCross-file bug detectionEnforcing team coding conventionsRuntime regression testing in sandboxesCodebase Q&A for engineering onboardingRAG backend for internal coding agentsMCP server for Claude Code and CursorSelf-hosted code review in regulated industries
Pros
  • Excellent JetBrains + VS Code support
  • Tight GitHub PR integration
  • Now offers multiple model choices
  • Free tier for individuals
  • Whole-repo graph index catches cross-file bugs that diff-only reviewers miss
  • TREX sandbox actually executes tests against the PR to catch behavioural regressions
  • Learns from a team's accept/dismiss patterns, so noise drops over time
  • Custom rules can be written in plain English rather than a DSL
  • Same index is exposed via REST API and MCP, so it doubles as a codebase retrieval backend for other agents
  • Free tier for open-source and a self-hosted AWS option for regulated industries
  • Ships with GitHub, GitLab, Zapier and Claude Code integrations out of the box
Cons
  • UX less integrated than Cursor
  • Multi-file edits are catching up but not yet leading
  • Seat-based pricing plus per-review credits gets expensive on high-PR-volume monorepos
  • Initial indexing on very large repositories takes time and must be kept in sync
  • Underlying model providers are not disclosed on the marketing site, which matters for buyers with strict data-processing requirements
  • Review quality still depends on the team investing in feedback loops and custom rules early on
  • SaaS default sends code to Greptile's cloud — self-hosting is enterprise-tier only
Websitegithub.comwww.greptile.com
Pick GitHub Copilot if
  • ✅ Excellent JetBrains + VS Code support
  • ✅ Tight GitHub PR integration
  • ✅ Now offers multiple model choices
  • ✅ Free tier for individuals
Pick Greptile if
  • ✅ Whole-repo graph index catches cross-file bugs that diff-only reviewers miss
  • ✅ TREX sandbox actually executes tests against the PR to catch behavioural regressions
  • ✅ Learns from a team's accept/dismiss patterns, so noise drops over time
  • ✅ Custom rules can be written in plain English rather than a DSL
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