GitHub Copilot
Inline completion, chat, code review and coding agents across VS Code, JetBrains and github.com.
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GitHub Copilot vs Tongyi Lingma
GitHub Copilot (GitHub) and Tongyi Lingma (Alibaba) both sit in Coding. Tongyi Lingma is the cheaper entry point at Free to use for individuals; enterprise solutions available.. GitHub Copilot shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (11 vs 10). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | GitHub Copilot GitHub | Tongyi Lingma Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | September 2026 update | 2.0 |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $10/mo | Free to use for individuals; enterprise solutions available. |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Pro $10 · Pro+ $39 · Max $100 | Personal Edition (个人版) free · Enterprise Standard Edition (企业标准版) free · Enterprise Exclusive Edition (企业专属版) free |
| Model stack | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Claude 5 · Claude Fable 5 · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.6 · Claude Opus 4.7 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Sonnet 4 · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Gemini 3 Pro · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · GPT-5 mini · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.4 · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · GPT-6 Astra · Grok 4.5 · Grok 4.5 Raptor mini · Grok 4.6 · Kimi K2.7 Code · Kimi K3 · MAI-Code-1.1-Flash | Qwen · Qwen3-Coder · Tongyi Qianwen · Tongyi Qwen |
| Context window | Varies by model | 1M tokens (repo indexing) |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 11 | 10 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Inline completion, Agent mode, Code review, Copilot Workspace, MCP support, Code completions, Next edit suggestions, Chat | Agent mode, Repo-level context, Unit test generation, Qoder IDE, Code completion, AI chat, Multi-file editing, Image to code |
Tongyi Lingma
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
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