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GitHub Copilot vs Perplexity

Compare GitHub Copilot vs Perplexity: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.

Updated April 2026

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GitHub Copilot
Microsoft / GitHub · GPT / Claude (configurable)
github.com/features/copilot ↗
Perplexity
Perplexity · Sonar Pro
perplexity.ai ↗
Pricing
Free tier
Free for verified students, OSS maintainers; 2K completions/mo for everyone else
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
Pro — $10/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
Enterprise — $39/mo
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$3.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
128K
200K Best
Max output tokens
4K
4K Best
Knowledge cutoff
Live (web)
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
Math (AIME 2025)
Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
65% Best
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1280 Best
Features
Image input
Partial
Voice mode
Partial
Web search
File upload
Partial
Image generation
Code execution
Partial
Agent / tool use
Persistent memory
Partial
GitHub Copilot

Most-installed coding tool. IDE-integrated across VS Code / JetBrains / Visual Studio. Cheapest at $10/mo. Configurable backend (GPT, Claude, Gemini).

Perplexity

Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.

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