coding assistant
GitHub Copilot vs Cody
Copilot and Cody both plug into existing editors. The real difference is what they retrieve from: Copilot defaults to GitHub context; Cody defaults to your Sourcegraph instance.
Contender A
GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer
Contender B
Cody
Sourcegraph's code AI
Side-by-side comparison
Metric
GitHub Copilot
Cody
Retrieval source
GitHub + open files
Sourcegraph index
Self-host option
No (GitHub-only)
Yes (Sourcegraph Enterprise)
Chat in IDE
Yes
Yes
Pricing
$10–19/user/mo
$9/user/mo Pro
When GitHub Copilot is the right pick
Teams whose source of truth is GitHub.com.
When Cody is the right pick
Teams that need self-hosted or need to search beyond one repo.
Verdict
Pick Copilot if your code lives on GitHub and that's enough. Pick Cody if cross-repo retrieval or self-host is non-negotiable.
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