Our take
Pick Gitea if teams who will stay on Open Source at $0 (unlimited users/repos, community support) while they open a first dashboard, then buy Enterprise at $9.5 or $19 per user/month when they need SAML, audit logs, and SLA support. Pick GitHub Copilot if developers already in GitHub who want completions and chat without switching to a separate AI IDE. Skip GitHub Copilot if teams that cannot send code to GitHub’s
self-hosted git-forge desk
Best for
Gitea A forge you start at $0
GitHub Copilot Code in a real editor
Free plan
Gitea $0 · self-hosted MIT. Unlimited users and repositories. Code hosting, issues, pull requests, project management, Gitea Actions, packages. Community support
GitHub Copilot $0 · limited completions and chat
Lowest paid
Gitea Enterprise $9.5/user/mo
GitHub Copilot Pro $10/mo
Next step up
Gitea
GitHub Copilot Pro+ $39/mo
Coding agent
Gitea
GitHub Copilot Agent + Tab inside the editor
Runs where
Gitea Local or hosted
GitHub Copilot
Watch out
Gitea $9.5 / $19 is per user / month with a 1-year online-payment commitment
GitHub Copilot Flex credits are not unlimited Agent
Last checked
Gitea 2026-10-23 · about.gitea.com/pricing
GitHub Copilot 2026-10-19 · github.com/features/copilot
teams who will stay on Open Source at $0 (unlimited users/repos, community support) while they open a first dashboard, then buy Enterprise at $9.5 or $19 per user/month when they need SAML, audit logs, and SLA support.
Read the Gitea pagedevelopers already in GitHub who want completions and chat without switching to a separate AI IDE.
Read the GitHub Copilot page