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reviewer2268420 - PeerSpot reviewer
it specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Provides context awareness and reduced coding time, but accuracy and relevance could be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution's most valuable features are context awareness, multi language support, integration with popular IDs like Visual Studio Code or JetBrains, and reduced coding time."
  • "The solution's accuracy and relevance could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use GitHub CoPilot for syntax purposes. It helps me a lot when I forget my mistakes.

What is most valuable?

The solution's most valuable features are context awareness, multi language support, integration with popular IDs like Visual Studio Code or JetBrains, and reduced coding time.

The solution provides good code completion and code generation. We have a learning aid in the framework for learning purposes. For prototyping, the tool has prototyping ideas in the core structures, which is very helpful. The solution helps me with testing and debugging.

Multi-language support is also available in GitHub CoPilot. Visual Studio Code or JetBrains can be seamlessly integrated to work with CoPilot, which is helpful. The code quality of the solution will help me reduce my coding time when we do complex things. Overall reliance on GitHub CoPilot reduced the manual coding skills. All those things will help me a lot while using GitHub CoPilot.

What needs improvement?

The solution's accuracy and relevance could be improved. My application may not be very accurate, but that is one reason we should carefully review and modify the code. If you take the code generated by the tool bluntly, it will give you a different kind of error. The solution's dependency on AI reduces manual coding skills.

Regarding licensing and copyright issues, we should be cautious about the solution's potential to embed code snippets that are very similar to our copyrighted code. We cannot take any chances with copyright issues.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using GitHub CoPilot for the last one year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s stability a seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

What about the implementation team?

The solution's installation may take around 20 minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

GitHub CoPilot is less expensive than other solutions.

What other advice do I have?

GitHub CoPilot does not require much maintenance. The solution has reduced our coding time and manual work by 10% to 30%.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Bertin Fonge - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analyst and Developer at Bridge Labs
Real User
Top 10Leaderboard
A tool that helps users to do analysis and find the exact technical details they want from it
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup of the product is easy."
  • "Some of the suggestions provided by GitHub CoPilot are not accurate, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."

What is our primary use case?

Apart from being a DevOps and solution architect, I am also a data analyst. I use GitHub CoPilot when I want to do some analysis and get some exact technical details. I don't have time to always go to my browser and figure out how to implement something, so once I am at work and I have the initial setup done already, I really know what to do and how to go about it. The product is simple to work on since if I have to work on a project, I can do some analysis before developing infographics, making it a really efficient product.

What needs improvement?

Some of the suggestions provided by GitHub CoPilot are not accurate, making it an area of concern where improvements are required.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using GitHub CoPilot for two years. I use the solution's latest version. I am a customer of GitHub.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The stability issues in GitHub CoPilot are the same as the ones in GitHub Codespaces. Even with a high-speed internet connection, the product hangs and has some glitches.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten since the product's scalability still has a lot of room for improvement.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't contacted the technical support team of GitHub CoPilot since if I face any stability-related issues with the product, I stop or disable it and then enable it, after which it starts working again.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of the product is easy.

For deployment, you just need to log in to your GitHub account through your ID, after which GitHub Codespaces automatically connect to GitHub CoPilot to your GitHub account.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

GitHub CoPilot's deployment process did not take a long time.GitHub CoPilot is a service that is not complex. The deployment process was very fast.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product offers a free version and a paid version. Whether to choose the product's free version or paid version depends on the size of the company where it will be used. If your company size is going to increase and many people plan to use the product, then GitHub will charge you a certain amount. The account on GitHub I use is free for a year, after which I need to start paying if I want to use the solution. In my company, for some of the users, I have seen that certain payments need to be made to GitHub CoPilot.

What other advice do I have?

Before using GitHub CoPilot, you need to consider what you are working on so that you don't miss what you are trying to achieve. When you are working on professional projects or very important projects for which, it may not be a good idea to use GitHub CoPilot. You should have good knowledge of what you are doing.

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer2279358 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
A stable and easy-to-deploy product that provides good document generation features
Pros and Cons
  • "The document generation features are valuable."
  • "The suggestions provided by the product must be improved."

What is most valuable?

The solution is quite useful for simple tasks. The document generation features are valuable.

What needs improvement?

The suggestions provided by the product must be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for two months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is quite simple.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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PLC Programmer at Alzero
Real User
Top 10
A highly stable solution that can be used to have ideas on how to code things and then bring them back to context
Pros and Cons
  • "GitHub CoPilot has good stability and performance."
  • "GitHub CoPilot’s integration with other solutions could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use GitHub CoPilot to have ideas on how to code things and then bring them back to context.

What is most valuable?

GitHub CoPilot has good stability and performance.

What needs improvement?

GitHub CoPilot’s integration with other solutions could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using GitHub CoPilot for a long time.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate GitHub CoPilot ten out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

GitHub CoPilot is a scalable solution.

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment with GitHub CoPilot.

What other advice do I have?

I am using the latest version of GitHub CoPilot. GitHub CoPilot is deployed on-cloud in our organization. I would recommend GitHub CoPilot to other users.

Overall, I rate GitHub CoPilot ten out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer2288631 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
An easy-to-use solution that accelerates productivity
Pros and Cons
  • "GitHub CoPilot accelerates productivity. It is an easy-to-use solution that is also helpful in saving the team's time."
  • "The solution is expensive. It should also support other programming languages."

What is most valuable?

GitHub CoPilot accelerates productivity. It is an easy-to-use solution that is also helpful in saving the team's time. 

What needs improvement?

The solution is expensive. It should also support other programming languages. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My company has five to 10 users for GitHub CoPilot. 

How was the initial setup?

The product's installation is straightforward. 

What about the implementation team?

GitHub CoPilot can be deployed in-house. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

GitHub CoPilot's pricing is reasonable. Our licensing costs were initially monthly, but then we switched to yearly payments. I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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