GitHub Copilot
Available in HKFreemium
GitHub's official AI pair programmer — completions, chat, code review and a cloud coding agent.
Best for: Developers, Students, Enterprise teams
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI
OpenAI's coding agent for the terminal, IDE and cloud, running tasks in parallel.
Not available in HKPricing unverified★ 135,204 Stars
Overview
Codex includes an open-source CLI and a cloud agent that write features, fix bugs, answer codebase questions and open pull requests, tied to your ChatGPT account.
Best for
Developers
Typical use cases
Strengths
- Open-source CLI
- Parallel cloud tasks
Limitations & caveats
- Hong Kong not supported by OpenAI
- Requires ChatGPT plan or API
Hong Kong availability
Not available in HKOfficial sources confirm Hong Kong is not supported.
Basis: official supported-region list
Hong Kong is not on OpenAI's official list of supported countries and territories. OpenAI states that accessing its services outside the listed regions may result in the account being blocked or suspended.
Access
- Website
- Unverified
- Sign-up
- Not supported
- Core features
- Not supported
- Payment
- Not supported
Sources
- OpenAI — Supported countries and territories(opens in a new tab)OpenAI · Official · checked 14 Nov 2026
- ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot: which AI can a Hong Kong team actually use at work? (last checked 23 Oct 2026)(opens in a new tab)Sam Wong (independent HK corporate AI trainer) · Third-party · checked 14 Nov 2026
Verified on: 14 Nov 2026
Availability information is for reference only and is not legal advice. Terms can change at any time — rely on the provider's latest official statement. We do not provide ways to bypass regional restrictions.
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