GitHub Copilot vs Sourcegraph: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 48 companies use GitHub Copilot and 27 use Sourcegraph. 2 companies use both, including Lyft and Stripe. GitHub Copilot leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Oct 19, 2026: 66 of 75 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. A company on both tools counts at any proof level, and a job post on one side is marked as such.
Who uses GitHub Copilot, Sourcegraph, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
46
use only GitHub Copilot
2
companies use both
25
use only Sourcegraph
46 companies use only GitHub Copilot, 25 use only Sourcegraph and 2 use both, out of the 73 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Who uses both
Companies with a public line on both tools, at any proof level: the strongest proofs come first, and a job post is marked.
| Company | First public proof, GitHub Copilot | First public proof, Sourcegraph |
|---|---|---|
 Lyft | On or before Oct 2024 | On or before Oct 2026 |
 Stripe | On or before Oct 2024 | On or before Oct 2026 |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use GitHub Copilot, Sourcegraph or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
GitHub Copilot onlyBothSourcegraph only
More common with GitHub Copilot
- Fintech & Payments5 of the 8 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use GitHub Copilot, 1 of them alongside Sourcegraph.
Source: every usedby line, from confirmed proofs to job-post signals (the weakest proof level).
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
GitHub Copilot
SourcegraphWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
GitHub Copilot
87.5% time saving when creating new workflows with GitHub Actions
Doctolib
Vendor case study, github.com, published Dec 11, 2023
EY has now rolled out GitHub Copilot to all its 2,000 developers.
EY
Vendor case study, github.com, published Feb 2, 2024
Sourcegraph
No reviewed story for Sourcegraph yet.
Questions about GitHub Copilot and Sourcegraph
Which is used more, GitHub Copilot or Sourcegraph?
GitHub Copilot has more customers on usedby: 48 against 27 for Sourcegraph.
Do companies use both GitHub Copilot and Sourcegraph?
Yes. 2 companies use both on usedby, including Lyft and Stripe.
Who uses GitHub Copilot?
48 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses GitHub Copilot.
Who uses Sourcegraph?
27 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Sourcegraph.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of four proof levels: confirmed, declared by the company itself, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company counts as using both tools when it has a line on each, at any level; the list shows the strongest proofs first and marks job posts.