Claude Code vs. GitHub Copilot CLI

Feature	Claude Code	GitHub Copilot CLI

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	The power of GitHub Copilot in your terminal
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://github.com/features/copilot/cli
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	September 24, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, Neovim, Visual Studio, Xcode
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens	Auto-managed
Terminal Bench 2.0	#52 · 58.0% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Multi-provider (GitHub-managed) and local models
Pricing Model	Subscription	freemium, usage-based
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free / $10-39/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Source Available (Proprietary)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/github/copilot-cli
Development State	active	active