# GitHub Copilot ## Kurzbeschreibung **"Your AI accelerator for every workflow, from the editor to the enterprise."** **GitHub Copilot** is an AI-powered coding assistant for IDE, GitHub.com, CLI, Mobile, and Windows Terminal. It offers code completion, chat, code review, agentic workflows, pull request summaries, MCP integration, and a cloud agent that can analyze repositories, make changes on branches, and prepare pull requests. The product is clearly focused on software development and team workflows, not on general text or office applications. ## Claim Your AI accelerator for every workflow, from the editor to the enterprise ## Geeignet für - API Integration - Automation / Workflows - Programming / Software Development ## Kernfunktionen - App Development - AI Agents - Programming ## Preismodell - **free:** **GitHub Copilot Free** Limited entry-level option for personal use; according to GitHub, includes up to 2,000 inline suggestions per month and limited premium requests. Not suitable for enterprise use. **GitHub Copilot Student** For verified students; includes unlimited completions, Copilot Chat, additional models, and monthly premium requests. - **subscription:** **GitHub Copilot Pro** For individual developers with unlimited IDE completions, Copilot Chat, additional models, and premium requests. **GitHub Copilot Pro+** Everything in Pro plus full access to available models in Copilot Chat, higher premium request limits, and priority access to advanced AI features. **GitHub Copilot Busine**ss For teams and organizations; includes Copilot Cloud Agent, centralized management, and Copilot policy control for organization members. **GitHub Copilot Enterprise** For companies on GitHub Enterprise Cloud; includes everything in Copilot Business plus additional enterprise features and centralized assignment at the organization, user, and team level. - **other:** **GitHub AI Credits / usage-based billing **Copilot plans include GitHub AI credits or quotas; for Business and Enterprise, credits are pooled per user at the billing unit level. **GitHub Enterprise Server** Self-hosted GitHub platform for enterprises, on-premises or in a Virtual Private Cloud; important: according to GitHub, Copilot is currently not available for it. ## DSGVO und Datenschutz **Gesamteinschätzung:** Conditional **Overall assessment of hosting & data:** GitHub offers several operating models: GitHub.com as a cloud platform, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency, and GitHub Enterprise Server as a self-hosted version of the GitHub platform. According to GitHub, GitHub Enterprise Server can be self-hosted and operated in your own data center or in a Virtual Private Cloud. However, an important limitation applies to GitHub Copilot: according to GitHub, Copilot is currently not available for GitHub Enterprise Server. Positive aspects include Enterprise DPA, Data Residency, Copilot Data Residency, policy management, Content Exclusion, Audit Logs, Self-hosted Runners, and Enterprise governance. A critical point remains that GitHub.com is USA-based by default, Copilot requires AI model processing, and not all cloud/Copilot features are automatically available in on-prem environments. **Conclusion: ** GitHub is very strong for software teams and companies if cloud or enterprise cloud usage is acceptable; for purely on-prem requirements, GitHub Enterprise Server is suitable, but without full Copilot availability. For EU companies, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with EU Data Residency plus Copilot Data Residency is the more controlled option. Further links: GitHub Enterprise Server, GitHub Enterprise Cloud Data Residency, GitHub Copilot Data Residency. [About GitHub Enterprise Server](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/overview/about-github-enterprise-server?utm_source=chatgpt.com) **GDPR assessment:** From a GDPR perspective, GitHub Copilot is conditionally to well suited, especially for companies using GitHub Copilot Business or Enterprise with proper contract/tenant configuration. **Positive **is that the GitHub Data Protection Agreement applies to GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Enterprise Unified, GitHub Teams, and GitHub Copilot. Another positive aspect is that GitHub states it does not use Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customer data to train AI models. For GitHub Enterprise Cloud, there is Data Residency, allowing company code and data to be stored in selectable regions; available regions include the EU, Australia, the USA, and Japan. For Copilot with Data Residency, GitHub can route GitHub Copilot requests to model endpoints within the selected region; according to GitHub, code, prompts, and Copilot responses then do not leave the region during inference processing. **Negative **is that for Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+, GitHub may use interactions for improvement and training starting April 24, 2026, unless users opt out; moreover, according to GitHub, Copilot is currently not available for GitHub Enterprise Server. **Server location: **By default, GitHub stores data for GitHub.com in the USA; with GitHub Enterprise Cloud Data Residency, companies can choose EU data residency, among others, and Copilot Data Residency is currently available for the USA and the European Union. Further links: GitHub DPA, GitHub Copilot Data Residency, GitHub Enterprise Cloud Data Residency, GitHub Copilot Policies. [GitHub Data Protection Agreement](https://github.com/customer-terms/github-data-protection-agreement) ## Hosting und Daten - **On-Prem / lokales Hosting:** unknown - **Private Cloud / Rechenzentrum:** teilweise / indirekt - **EU SaaS / Managed:** abgedeckt - **Hybrid:** teilweise / indirekt - **AVV / DPA:** abgedeckt - **Kein Training auf Kundendaten:** teilweise / indirekt - **Open-Source / Transparenz-Pfad:** teilweise / indirekt ## Standort **Land:** USA **Taxonomie:** USA GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. St., San Francisco, CA 94107, United States. EU address according to the Privacy Statement: GitHub B.V., Prins Bernhardplein 200, Amsterdam 1097JB, The Netherlands. ## Vorteile - Very broad integration spectrum: IDE, GitHub, CLI, Mobile, Terminal. - Strong feature set beyond pure autocomplete: Chat, Code Review, Cloud Agent, PR summaries, Spaces, MCP. - Centralized control, policies, audit logs, and usage metrics for enterprises. - Multiple current frontier models selectable. - For Enterprise/Business customers, no use of customer data for model training without authorization. ## Nachteile - Not available for GitHub Enterprise Server; therefore no classic on-prem offering for Copilot itself. - Pricing and consumption logic have become more complex: Premium Requests, per-request add-ons, model multipliers, and possible additional costs via GitHub Actions. - Individual plans are more critical to assess from a data privacy perspective, because starting 24.04.2026 GitHub may use interaction data for model training unless users actively opt out. - Several features are still in Preview/Public Preview and therefore subject to change. - Currently no new Pro trials. ## Quellen - Offizielle Website: https://github.com/ ## Letzter Datenstand 2026-04-15 ## Originalseite https://kifox.ai/en/ki-tools/github-copilot-en/