Cursor vs. GitHub Copilot: data protection per plan
Cursor (5 plans) and GitHub Copilot (7 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Cursor | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Anysphere, Inc., 2261 Market Street STE 86466, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA | According to the GitHub General Privacy Statement |
| Plans recorded | 5 | 7 |
| Hosting | mixed: all 5 plans | mixed: Free, Student, Pro, Pro+, MaxEU option: Business, Enterprise |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: all 5 plans | opt-out available: Free, Pro, Pro+, Maxnot documented: Studentno: Business, Enterprise |
| DPA | not documented: Free, Plus, Premium / Super / Ultra, Teamsyes: Enterprise | not documented: Free, Student, Pro, Pro+, Maxyes: Business, Enterprise |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Cursor Teams vs. GitHub Copilot Business
| Feature | CursorTeams | GitHub CopilotBusiness |
|---|---|---|
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | yes |
| Details: DPA available | not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service') | yes: Copilot is covered by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement, which applies to all generally available (GA) Copilot features and the previews listed in 'GitHub DPA-Covered Previews' (q8); GitHub and customers 'can enter a Data Protection Agreement that supports compliance with the GDPR' (q1). For purchases directly from GitHub, the GitHub Generative AI Services Terms apply; for purchases via Microsoft, the Microsoft Product Terms apply (q8). Provider’s DPA |
| differs by plan | opt-out available | no |
| Details: Training on inputs | Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Teams: team-wide privacy settings; new members inherit the team setting; admins can enforce Privacy Mode. | "No. GitHub does not use either Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train its models." (q1); q3: "GitHub does not use Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise customer data to train AI models." Third-party models: according to q3, OpenAI, among others, "do not train models on customer business data", Google/Gemini does not use prompts for training, zero data retention agreements with OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Fireworks AI (details per provider in q3). q14: "Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers' data is protected under GitHub's Data Protection Agreement, which prohibits such use without customer authorization." |
| differs by plan | mixed | EU option |
| Details: Data residency | Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development. | Default on github.com: storage in the USA (q7). EU data residency via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com: Copilot Business or Enterprise can be assigned there (q7). With the policy 'Restrict Copilot to data residency compliant models', according to q6, 'all inference processing and associated data' remain in the selected region (EU or USA); policy disabled by default, additional consumption +10 % AI Credits (q6). Without this policy, according to q5, Copilot data and logs are 'by default stored outside your region'. Inline suggestions: models hosted on Azure (q3). |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model… | Default settings according to q1: access… |
| Details: Data retention | With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented. | Default settings according to q1: access via IDE (chat and code completions): prompts and suggestions "Not retained"; User Engagement Data two years; Feedback Data "as long as needed for its intended purpose". All other access routes (including github.com, Mobile, CLI): prompts and suggestions 28 days; User Engagement Data two years. DPA (October 2025 version), Section 8: after the end of the services, GitHub deletes the Customer Personal Data or returns it at the customer's choice and deletes existing copies "in accordance with our retention and deletion policy" (q13). Unlike q1, the Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16) assigns Copilot CLI to IDE access: inputs and outputs "Not retained by default" (exception: time-limited retention in the event of confirmed violations of the Acceptable Use Policies or Terms of Service); other access: "Retained for up to 28 days by default". |
| differs by plan | from 30 USD/user/mo | 19 USD/user/mo |
| Details: Price | from USD 30 per user per month (pricing page: "$30+/user/month", excl. taxes); seat types can be combined. | 19 USD per assigned seat/month (q2) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (as Premium, plus team marketplace, centralised billing, team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO; usage 4x to 50x Plus depending on seat tier) | yes (1,900 AI Credits per user/month, access to premium models; q2) |
| 6 sources | 11 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by plan
- Cursor Teamsnot publicly documented
- GitHub Copilot Businessyes
- Cursor Teams
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
GitHub Copilot Businessyes: Copilot is covered by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement, which applies to all generally available (GA) Copilot features and the previews listed in 'GitHub DPA-Covered Previews' (q8); GitHub and customers 'can enter a Data Protection Agreement that supports compliance with the GDPR' (q1). For purchases directly from GitHub, the GitHub Generative AI Services Terms apply; for purchases via Microsoft, the Microsoft Product Terms apply (q8).
Provider’s DPA
Training
- differs by plan
- Cursor Teamsopt-out available
- GitHub Copilot Businessno
- Cursor Teams
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Teams: team-wide privacy settings; new members inherit the team setting; admins can enforce Privacy Mode.
GitHub Copilot Business"No. GitHub does not use either Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train its models." (q1); q3: "GitHub does not use Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise customer data to train AI models." Third-party models: according to q3, OpenAI, among others, "do not train models on customer business data", Google/Gemini does not use prompts for training, zero data retention agreements with OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Fireworks AI (details per provider in q3). q14: "Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers' data is protected under GitHub's Data Protection Agreement, which prohibits such use without customer authorization."
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Cursor Teamsmixed
- GitHub Copilot BusinessEU option
- Cursor Teams
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
GitHub Copilot BusinessDefault on github.com: storage in the USA (q7). EU data residency via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com: Copilot Business or Enterprise can be assigned there (q7). With the policy 'Restrict Copilot to data residency compliant models', according to q6, 'all inference processing and associated data' remain in the selected region (EU or USA); policy disabled by default, additional consumption +10 % AI Credits (q6). Without this policy, according to q5, Copilot data and logs are 'by default stored outside your region'. Inline suggestions: models hosted on Azure (q3).
Sub-processors
- Cursor Teamslist available
- GitHub Copilot Businesslist available
- Cursor Teams
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
GitHub Copilot Business- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- GitHub subsidiaries as per the list: GitHub Australia Pty Ltd, GitHub BV (NL), GitHub Canada ULC, GitHub Germany GmbH, GitHub India Pty Ltd, npm Inc, Semmle Inc
Retention
- differs by plan
- Cursor TeamsWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model…
- GitHub Copilot BusinessDefault settings according to q1: access…
- Cursor TeamsWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.GitHub Copilot BusinessDefault settings according to q1: access via IDE (chat and code completions): prompts and suggestions "Not retained"; User Engagement Data two years; Feedback Data "as long as needed for its intended purpose". All other access routes (including github.com, Mobile, CLI): prompts and suggestions 28 days; User Engagement Data two years. DPA (October 2025 version), Section 8: after the end of the services, GitHub deletes the Customer Personal Data or returns it at the customer's choice and deletes existing copies "in accordance with our retention and deletion policy" (q13). Unlike q1, the Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16) assigns Copilot CLI to IDE access: inputs and outputs "Not retained by default" (exception: time-limited retention in the event of confirmed violations of the Acceptable Use Policies or Terms of Service); other access: "Retained for up to 28 days by default".
Price
- differs by plan
- Cursor Teamsfrom 30 USD/user/mo
- GitHub Copilot Business19 USD/user/mo
- Cursor Teams
from USD 30 per user per month (pricing page: "$30+/user/month", excl. taxes); seat types can be combined.
GitHub Copilot Business19 USD per assigned seat/month (q2)
- Cursor Teamsyes
- GitHub Copilot Businessyes
- Cursor Teams
yes (as Premium, plus team marketplace, centralised billing, team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO; usage 4x to 50x Plus depending on seat tier)
GitHub Copilot Businessyes (1,900 AI Credits per user/month, access to premium models; q2)
Evidence
- Cursor Teams6 sources
- GitHub Copilot Business11 sources
- Cursor Teams
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security (as of 2026-08-25)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Use & Privacy Overview (as of 2026-09-03)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Docs: Privacy and data governanceDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (Vanta, 20 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot Business- GitHub Copilot: Plans & pricing incl. FAQ (Privacy, Retention, Training)Pricing page / provider FAQ, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Plans for GitHub Copilot (GitHub Docs)Official documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Hosting of models for GitHub Copilot (GitHub Docs)Official documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- GitHub SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- About storage of your data with data residency (GHE.com)Official documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- GitHub Copilot with data residencyOfficial documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- About GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residencyOfficial documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Resources for getting approval of GitHub CopilotOfficial documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- GitHub Data Protection Agreement (DPA), version October 2025DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Managing GitHub Copilot policies as an individual subscriber (GitHub Docs)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- GitHub Copilot Trust Center: FAQ (Privacy, Security, Commercial)Trust Center / provider FAQ, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Cursor | GitHub Copilot |
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| Details: DPA available |
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| differs by tool | opt-out availableall 5 plans |
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| Details: Training on inputs |
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| differs by tool | mixedall 5 plans |
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| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 5 plans | list availableall 7 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by tool | With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model…all 5 plans |
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| Details: Data retention |
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| differs by tool |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 5 plans | yesall 7 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 8 sources | 13 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Cursor
- not publicly documentedFree (free of charge), Plus, Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual), Teams
- yesEnterprise
- GitHub Copilot
- not publicly documentedFree, Student, Pro, Pro+, Max
- yesBusiness, Enterprise
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Plus
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Teams
not publicly documented (the public DPA refers to a Master Services Agreement with Anysphere; according to the Terms of Service an MSA applies only if the organisation has concluded one; the Privacy Policy mentions a processor role only generally 'For commercial uses of the Service')
- Enterprise
yes (public DPA, applies together with the Master Services Agreement; EU SCCs Module Two and UK Addendum)
Provider’s DPA
GitHub Copilot- Free
not publicly documented: according to q1, Copilot Free/Pro/Pro+/Max involve data processing by GitHub as controller (reference to Terms of Service and Privacy Statement); the DPA is mentioned in q1/q8 only in connection with Business/Enterprise
- Student
not publicly documented: according to q1, Copilot Free/Pro/Pro+/Max involve data processing by GitHub as controller (reference to Terms of Service and Privacy Statement); the DPA is mentioned in q1/q8 only in connection with Business/Enterprise
- Pro
not publicly documented: according to q1, Copilot Free/Pro/Pro+/Max involve data processing by GitHub as controller (reference to Terms of Service and Privacy Statement); the DPA is mentioned in q1/q8 only in connection with Business/Enterprise
- Pro+
not publicly documented: according to q1, Copilot Free/Pro/Pro+/Max involve data processing by GitHub as controller (reference to Terms of Service and Privacy Statement); the DPA is mentioned in q1/q8 only in connection with Business/Enterprise
- Max
not publicly documented: according to q1, Copilot Free/Pro/Pro+/Max involve data processing by GitHub as controller (reference to Terms of Service and Privacy Statement); the DPA is mentioned in q1/q8 only in connection with Business/Enterprise
- Business
yes: Copilot is covered by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement, which applies to all generally available (GA) Copilot features and the previews listed in 'GitHub DPA-Covered Previews' (q8); GitHub and customers 'can enter a Data Protection Agreement that supports compliance with the GDPR' (q1). For purchases directly from GitHub, the GitHub Generative AI Services Terms apply; for purchases via Microsoft, the Microsoft Product Terms apply (q8).
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes: as Business (GitHub Data Protection Agreement for GA features and listed DPA previews; q8, q1).
Provider’s DPA
- Free (free of charge)
Training
- differs by tool
- Cursoropt-out availableall 5 plans
- GitHub Copilot
- opt-out availableFree, Pro, Pro+, Max
- not publicly documentedStudent
- noBusiness, Enterprise
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. According to the Security page, Privacy Mode is also available for Free and can be enabled in the settings; default setting for individual accounts not publicly documented.
- Plus
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. According to the Security page, Privacy Mode is available for Free and Pro and can be enabled in the settings; default setting for individual accounts not publicly documented.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. According to the Security page, Privacy Mode is available for Free and Pro and can be enabled in the settings; default setting for individual accounts not publicly documented.
- Teams
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Teams: team-wide privacy settings; new members inherit the team setting; admins can enforce Privacy Mode.
- Enterprise
Data Use (as of 2026-09-03): with Privacy Mode enabled, Customer Data is not used by Cursor for training; Cursor has zero data retention agreements with all model providers, and the providers do not store or train on the data. Exception: risk classifiers; where abuse detection is triggered, data may be stored for investigation. Non-ZDR models are labelled or require admin approval. Without Privacy Mode, Cursor may store codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets and use them to train its own models. Enterprise: according to the documentation, Privacy Mode is enabled by default and enforceable; requests to models with provider-side storage (according to the documentation, Claude Fable 5 and 5.1) fail until an admin approves the retention policy.
GitHub Copilot- Free
GitHub Docs "Managing Copilot policies as an individual subscriber" (q14): "Starting on April 24, 2026, if you have a Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, or Copilot Max plan, GitHub may use your interactions with GitHub features and services—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—to train and improve AI models." Opt-out via the setting "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" = Disabled (q14) or https://github.com/settings/copilot/features: "Individual subscribers can opt out of having their data used for AI model training at any time." (q1). q3: the same applies to Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max "in accordance with our GitHub General Privacy Statement and applicable user settings".
- Student
q1, q3 and q14 expressly state the training rule for Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max (q14: "Starting on April 24, 2026, if you have a Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, or Copilot Max plan ..."). Copilot Student is not mentioned in these sentences; the retrieved primary sources contain no separate statement on Student. The Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16) likewise states the training rule only for "Individual (Free/Pro/Pro+/Max) Subscribers"; the documentation page on Copilot Student (q17) contains no statement on training.
- Pro
GitHub Docs "Managing Copilot policies as an individual subscriber" (q14): "Starting on April 24, 2026, if you have a Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, or Copilot Max plan, GitHub may use your interactions with GitHub features and services—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—to train and improve AI models." Opt-out via the setting "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" = Disabled (q14) or https://github.com/settings/copilot/features: "Individual subscribers can opt out of having their data used for AI model training at any time." (q1). q3: the same applies to Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max "in accordance with our GitHub General Privacy Statement and applicable user settings".
- Pro+
GitHub Docs "Managing Copilot policies as an individual subscriber" (q14): "Starting on April 24, 2026, if you have a Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, or Copilot Max plan, GitHub may use your interactions with GitHub features and services—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—to train and improve AI models." Opt-out via the setting "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" = Disabled (q14) or https://github.com/settings/copilot/features: "Individual subscribers can opt out of having their data used for AI model training at any time." (q1). q3: the same applies to Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max "in accordance with our GitHub General Privacy Statement and applicable user settings".
- Max
GitHub Docs "Managing Copilot policies as an individual subscriber" (q14): "Starting on April 24, 2026, if you have a Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, or Copilot Max plan, GitHub may use your interactions with GitHub features and services—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—to train and improve AI models." Opt-out via the setting "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" = Disabled (q14) or https://github.com/settings/copilot/features: "Individual subscribers can opt out of having their data used for AI model training at any time." (q1). q3: the same applies to Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max "in accordance with our GitHub General Privacy Statement and applicable user settings".
- Business
"No. GitHub does not use either Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train its models." (q1); q3: "GitHub does not use Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise customer data to train AI models." Third-party models: according to q3, OpenAI, among others, "do not train models on customer business data", Google/Gemini does not use prompts for training, zero data retention agreements with OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Fireworks AI (details per provider in q3). q14: "Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers' data is protected under GitHub's Data Protection Agreement, which prohibits such use without customer authorization."
- Enterprise
"GitHub does not use either Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train its models." (q1, q3). q14: "Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers' data is protected under GitHub's Data Protection Agreement, which prohibits such use without customer authorization."
- Free (free of charge)
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Cursormixedall 5 plans
- GitHub Copilot
- mixedFree, Student, Pro, Pro+, Max
- EU optionBusiness, Enterprise
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Plus
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Teams
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
- Enterprise
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11): processing on servers in various jurisdictions, including the US; data of EEA users may be transferred to the US. Sub-processor list (Trust Center): 'Our infrastructure is primarily hosted on AWS US region with some latency critical services in Europe and Singapore.' Docs: data residency only for Enterprise; US-only (inference, processing, storage incl. backups in the US, 10% uplift); EU/UK inference only on request, further EU coverage in development.
GitHub Copilot- Free
GitHub General Privacy Statement (q11): "GitHub stores and processes Personal Data in a variety of locations, including your local region, the United States, and other countries where GitHub, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or subprocessors have operations." q7: "By default, GitHub stores data for GitHub.com in the USA." Regional data residency (EU) is available only via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com; there, "Copilot Individual" is not available to managed users (q7). q3: models are hosted by OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, Google and others; inline suggestions on the Free and Student plans run on Fireworks AI.
- Student
GitHub General Privacy Statement (q11): "GitHub stores and processes Personal Data in a variety of locations, including your local region, the United States, and other countries where GitHub, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or subprocessors have operations." q7: "By default, GitHub stores data for GitHub.com in the USA." Regional data residency (EU) is available only via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com; there, "Copilot Individual" is not available to managed users (q7). q3: models are hosted by OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, Google and others; inline suggestions on the Free and Student plans run on Fireworks AI.
- Pro
GitHub General Privacy Statement (q11): "GitHub stores and processes Personal Data in a variety of locations, including your local region, the United States, and other countries where GitHub, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or subprocessors have operations." q7: "By default, GitHub stores data for GitHub.com in the USA." Regional data residency (EU) is available only via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com; there, "Copilot Individual" is not available to managed users (q7). q3: models are hosted by OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, Google and others; inline suggestions on the Free and Student plans run on Fireworks AI.
- Pro+
GitHub General Privacy Statement (q11): "GitHub stores and processes Personal Data in a variety of locations, including your local region, the United States, and other countries where GitHub, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or subprocessors have operations." q7: "By default, GitHub stores data for GitHub.com in the USA." Regional data residency (EU) is available only via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com; there, "Copilot Individual" is not available to managed users (q7). q3: models are hosted by OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, Google and others; inline suggestions on the Free and Student plans run on Fireworks AI.
- Max
GitHub General Privacy Statement (q11): "GitHub stores and processes Personal Data in a variety of locations, including your local region, the United States, and other countries where GitHub, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or subprocessors have operations." q7: "By default, GitHub stores data for GitHub.com in the USA." Regional data residency (EU) is available only via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com; there, "Copilot Individual" is not available to managed users (q7). q3: models are hosted by OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, Google and others; inline suggestions on the Free and Student plans run on Fireworks AI.
- Business
Default on github.com: storage in the USA (q7). EU data residency via GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GHE.com: Copilot Business or Enterprise can be assigned there (q7). With the policy 'Restrict Copilot to data residency compliant models', according to q6, 'all inference processing and associated data' remain in the selected region (EU or USA); policy disabled by default, additional consumption +10 % AI Credits (q6). Without this policy, according to q5, Copilot data and logs are 'by default stored outside your region'. Inline suggestions: models hosted on Azure (q3).
- Enterprise
As Business: default USA (q7); EU data residency via GHE.com with the policy 'Restrict Copilot to data residency compliant models' (q6, q5). q6 lists models of the GPT and Claude series for the EU; according to q6, model availability per region changes continuously. Not all Copilot features are available on GHE.com (q7).
- Free (free of charge)
Sub-processors
- Cursorlist availableall 5 plans
- GitHub Copilotlist availableall 7 plans
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Plus
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Teams
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
- Enterprise
- Amazon Web Services (primary cloud hosting; US, EU, Singapore)
- Further infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (secondary, US), Google Cloud Platform (US), Vercel (web hosting, US), Cloudflare (CDN/network security, worldwide)
- Model providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini (Vertex API), Meta (each worldwide), SpaceXAI (US), TypeSafe AI (US)
- Inference infrastructure: Fireworks (US, Canada, EU, UK), Baseten (US, Canada), Together (own models, with a ZDR agreement according to the list; US, Canada, UK), Nebius (UK), CoreWeave (US), Databricks (analytics database and inference, worldwide)
- Exa (web search, US), Datadog (logging/monitoring, US), WorkOS (SSO/SCIM, US)
GitHub Copilot- Free
- According to q4, the list applies to 'GitHub services governed by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement' (Enterprise customers); not expressly assigned to individual plans without a DPA. No separate list reference found for individual plans (reference to Privacy Statement q11).
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- Student
- According to q4, the list applies to 'GitHub services governed by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement' (Enterprise customers); not expressly assigned to individual plans without a DPA. No separate list reference found for individual plans (reference to Privacy Statement q11).
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- Pro
- According to q4, the list applies to 'GitHub services governed by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement' (Enterprise customers); not expressly assigned to individual plans without a DPA. No separate list reference found for individual plans (reference to Privacy Statement q11).
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- Pro+
- According to q4, the list applies to 'GitHub services governed by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement' (Enterprise customers); not expressly assigned to individual plans without a DPA. No separate list reference found for individual plans (reference to Privacy Statement q11).
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- Max
- According to q4, the list applies to 'GitHub services governed by the GitHub Data Protection Agreement' (Enterprise customers); not expressly assigned to individual plans without a DPA. No separate list reference found for individual plans (reference to Privacy Statement q11).
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- Business
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- GitHub subsidiaries as per the list: GitHub Australia Pty Ltd, GitHub BV (NL), GitHub Canada ULC, GitHub Germany GmbH, GitHub India Pty Ltd, npm Inc, Semmle Inc
- Enterprise
- Third-party providers as per the list (as retrieved 2026-10-07): Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Anthropic PBC AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cerebras Systems Inc. AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Cloudflare Content delivery service United States United States; DataDome Solutions, Inc. Security management United States, France United States; Elasticsearch, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Fastly Content delivery service United States United States; Fireworks AI AI Inference and AI Services United States, Germany, Iceland United States; FullStory, Inc. Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Belgium, Singapore United States; Hewlett-Packard Limited Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; LambdaTest Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cloud Hosted Infrastructure, Data Hosting, AI Inference and AI Services United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico United States; Microsoft (Azure) Cognitive Services and customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; Microsoft Technical Services United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom United States; Moveworks Customer support ticketing analysis United States United States; NexMo Inc (aka Vonage) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; Obsidian Security Security management United States United States; OpenAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Oracle America, Inc. Cloud Hosted Infrastructure United States United States; Pusher Building and managing real-time infrastructure for web and mobile applications United States United States; Tines Automation Inc. Security management United States United States; Twilio (SendGrid) SMS notification provider for 2 Factor Authentication United States United States; xAI AI Inference and AI Services United States United States; Zendesk Customer support ticketing system United States United States
- GitHub subsidiaries as per the list: GitHub Australia Pty Ltd, GitHub BV (NL), GitHub Canada ULC, GitHub Germany GmbH, GitHub India Pty Ltd, npm Inc, Semmle Inc
- Free (free of charge)
Retention
- differs by tool
- CursorWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model…all 5 plans
- GitHub Copilot
- not publicly documentedFree, Student, Pro, Pro+, Max
- Default settings according to q1: access…Business, Enterprise
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- PlusWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)With Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- TeamsWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
- EnterpriseWith Privacy Mode: ZDR with model providers; file contents are encrypted to reduce latency and cached only for the duration of the request. Cloud Agents: according to the documentation, repository contents are stored only during the agent run and deleted afterwards. Without Privacy Mode: inference providers may temporarily store inputs/outputs, which are deleted afterwards. Personal data in general: only as long as necessary (Privacy Policy); specific retention periods not publicly documented.
GitHub Copilot- Freenot publicly documented: q1 states default retention only for Business/Enterprise ('The default settings for Copilot Business and Enterprise Customers are as follows'); no period for individual plans on the retrieved pages. Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16): GitHub uses Copilot data from individual subscribers "for all the operational purposes described above for Business/Enterprise subscribers"; the FAQ gives no period for individual plans; Feedback Data "is retained as long as necessary".
- Studentnot publicly documented: q1 states default retention only for Business/Enterprise ('The default settings for Copilot Business and Enterprise Customers are as follows'); no period for individual plans on the retrieved pages. Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16): GitHub uses Copilot data from individual subscribers "for all the operational purposes described above for Business/Enterprise subscribers"; the FAQ gives no period for individual plans; Feedback Data "is retained as long as necessary".
- Pronot publicly documented: q1 states default retention only for Business/Enterprise ('The default settings for Copilot Business and Enterprise Customers are as follows'); no period for individual plans on the retrieved pages. Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16): GitHub uses Copilot data from individual subscribers "for all the operational purposes described above for Business/Enterprise subscribers"; the FAQ gives no period for individual plans; Feedback Data "is retained as long as necessary".
- Pro+not publicly documented: q1 states default retention only for Business/Enterprise ('The default settings for Copilot Business and Enterprise Customers are as follows'); no period for individual plans on the retrieved pages. Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16): GitHub uses Copilot data from individual subscribers "for all the operational purposes described above for Business/Enterprise subscribers"; the FAQ gives no period for individual plans; Feedback Data "is retained as long as necessary".
- Maxnot publicly documented: q1 states default retention only for Business/Enterprise ('The default settings for Copilot Business and Enterprise Customers are as follows'); no period for individual plans on the retrieved pages. Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16): GitHub uses Copilot data from individual subscribers "for all the operational purposes described above for Business/Enterprise subscribers"; the FAQ gives no period for individual plans; Feedback Data "is retained as long as necessary".
- BusinessDefault settings according to q1: access via IDE (chat and code completions): prompts and suggestions "Not retained"; User Engagement Data two years; Feedback Data "as long as needed for its intended purpose". All other access routes (including github.com, Mobile, CLI): prompts and suggestions 28 days; User Engagement Data two years. DPA (October 2025 version), Section 8: after the end of the services, GitHub deletes the Customer Personal Data or returns it at the customer's choice and deletes existing copies "in accordance with our retention and deletion policy" (q13). Unlike q1, the Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16) assigns Copilot CLI to IDE access: inputs and outputs "Not retained by default" (exception: time-limited retention in the event of confirmed violations of the Acceptable Use Policies or Terms of Service); other access: "Retained for up to 28 days by default".
- EnterpriseDefault settings according to q1: access via IDE (chat and code completions): prompts and suggestions "Not retained"; User Engagement Data two years; Feedback Data "as long as needed for its intended purpose". All other access routes (including github.com, Mobile, CLI): prompts and suggestions 28 days; User Engagement Data two years. DPA (October 2025 version), Section 8: after the end of the services, GitHub deletes the Customer Personal Data or returns it at the customer's choice and deletes existing copies "in accordance with our retention and deletion policy" (q13). Unlike q1, the Copilot Trust Center FAQ (q16) assigns Copilot CLI to IDE access: inputs and outputs "Not retained by default" (exception: time-limited retention in the event of confirmed violations of the Acceptable Use Policies or Terms of Service); other access: "Retained for up to 28 days by default".
Price
- differs by tool
- Cursor
- 0 USD/moFree (free of charge)
- 8 USD/moPlus
- several tiersPremium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
- from 30 USD/user/moTeams
- customEnterprise
- GitHub Copilot
- 0 USDFree, Student
- 10 USD/moPro
- 39 USD/moPro+
- 100 USD/moMax
- 19 USD/user/moBusiness
- 39 USD/user/moEnterprise
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)
USD 0 per month (pricing page; prices excl. taxes such as VAT)
- Plus
USD 8 per month (pricing page, excl. taxes). According to the pricing page FAQ, subscriptions are sold via X Subscription Corp.
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
Premium USD 30, Super USD 100, Ultra USD 200 per month (pricing page, excl. taxes); third-party models are billed separately based on usage. According to the FAQ, sold via X Subscription Corp.
- Teams
from USD 30 per user per month (pricing page: "$30+/user/month", excl. taxes); seat types can be combined.
- Enterprise
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom'); invoice/PO billing available
GitHub Copilot- Free
0 USD (q2)
- Student
0 USD for verified students (q2)
- Pro
10 USD/month (q2; free of charge for some user groups)
- Pro+
39 USD/month (q2)
- Max
100 USD/month (q2)
- Business
19 USD per assigned seat/month (q2)
- Enterprise
39 USD per assigned seat/month (q2)
- Free (free of charge)
- Cursoryesall 5 plans
- GitHub Copilotyesall 7 plans
- Cursor
- Free (free of charge)
yes (limited AI usage, limited Agent and chat requests; Grok Chat/Imagine/Build limited)
- Plus
yes (shared AI usage pool; according to the pricing page, Grok models only; Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, Build, Grok API access; plus X features)
- Premium / Super / Ultra (Individual)
yes (Premium 4x, Super 15x, Ultra 50x usage compared with Plus; Cloud Agents and automations, Bugbot, third-party models at API list price, Grok Bot, video generation; plus X features)
- Teams
yes (as Premium, plus team marketplace, centralised billing, team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO; usage 4x to 50x Plus depending on seat tier)
- Enterprise
yes (as Teams, plus pooled usage, invoice/PO, SCIM, access, network and model controls, audit logs, Priority Support; optional US data residency)
GitHub Copilot- Free
yes (limited: according to q2, an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, automatic model selection; according to q1, 2000 completions and 50 chat requests)
- Student
yes (allowance of GitHub AI Credits, automatic model selection, without third-party agents; q2)
- Pro
yes (base 1,000 AI Credits; q2)
- Pro+
yes (base 3,900 AI Credits, access to premium models; q2)
- Max
yes (base 10,000 AI Credits, priority access to premium models; q2)
- Business
yes (1,900 AI Credits per user/month, access to premium models; q2)
- Enterprise
yes (3,900 AI Credits per user/month, priority access to premium models; q2; requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud)
- Free (free of charge)
Evidence
- Cursor8 sources
- GitHub Copilot13 sources
- Cursor
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security (as of 2026-08-25)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Use & Privacy Overview (as of 2026-09-03)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-11)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-11-05)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Docs: Privacy and data governanceDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (Vanta, 20 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- SpaceXAI Bundled Subscription Terms (X Subscription Corp)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot- GitHub Copilot: Plans & pricing incl. FAQ (Privacy, Retention, Training)Pricing page / provider FAQ, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Plans for GitHub Copilot (GitHub Docs)Official documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Hosting of models for GitHub Copilot (GitHub Docs)Official documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- GitHub SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- About storage of your data with data residency (GHE.com)Official documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- GitHub Copilot with data residencyOfficial documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- About GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residencyOfficial documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Resources for getting approval of GitHub CopilotOfficial documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- GitHub General Privacy Statement (effective 2026-04-27)Privacy notices, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- GitHub Data Protection Agreement (DPA), version October 2025DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Managing GitHub Copilot policies as an individual subscriber (GitHub Docs)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- GitHub Copilot Trust Center: FAQ (Privacy, Security, Commercial)Trust Center / provider FAQ, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Access GitHub Copilot for free as a student (GitHub Docs)Official documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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