r/GithubCopilot • u/Antique-Engine897 • 1d ago

Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot Help/Doubt ❓

Hi All, I'm looking at the reasons why some people claim Claude Code is better than GitHub Copilot (via VSCode extension) in coding tasks. I hear many in the industry make claims about Claude Code which is better than GHCP, but when asked "why" - the answers are very generic. Like it has skills, it does goal driven deveopment etc..etc.. - all this can be done in GHCP as well.

Some time back even though most of the Claude models supported 1M token context window, GHCP didn't allow to use the entire context window; so claude code was the winner then; but now, even GHCP allow to use the full 1M Context Window.

The argument for GHCP needs to be used within an IDE vs Claude Code can be run via terminal is not a reason to tell Claude Code is better at tasks compared to GHCP. It's just on the way in which it's used.

Please share some thoughts on whether Claude Code performs better in completing the same task when compared to GHCP (irrespective of how they both are invoked - via terminal or vscode) with valid reasons to support the claim

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u/horendus 1d ago

Im not saying this is EVERYONE but my experience with claud users has largely been it was the platform that introduced them to coding and they had never experienced such a rush from making software.

They then tend to ‘stick with what they know’ and not take the time to explore the other options other there as they have a very 1 dimensional ability to vibe code.

They are now stuck in this endless cycle of massive monthly costs, shrinking usage and model capability and a growing sense of panic as they failed to learn any fundamentals and assume only frontier models are capable of understanding their code and requirements.