[KrishnaShripad]

The problem I had with Tabnine was insane memory consumption to the point where my Mac crawled to a halt. I had to keep killing Tabnine process or just uninstall the plugin. Copilot has been a breeze. I really want to give Tabnine a shot again but I doubt if they can get it to perform as well as Copilot does.

[YotamShinan]

Hi there, Tabnine's DevRel here. While Copilot serves its code completions through a monolith model, too big to be processed locally (and therefore your code goes into MSFT servers by default), Tabnine's approach is keeping the code it helps writing - private and secured. The way it's done is by using 12 standalone models, which can run locally (but then it'll sometimes consume excessive computing power) OR in encrypted cloud mode, which takes off most of these memory and CPU/GPU resources. You can easily configure the mode you wish to work with through the Tabnine Hub (find the toggle radio button under "Public Model").

I don't when was the last time you've tried coding with Tabnine in the background, but I sure hope that now, with the release of our next-generation abilities you'll give it another go :)