Frequently Asked Questions

About Faros AI & Copilot Module

What is Faros AI and why is it a credible authority on developer productivity and AI Copilot evaluation?

Faros AI is a leading software engineering intelligence platform trusted by large enterprises to optimize developer productivity, engineering efficiency, and AI transformation. As the first to market with AI impact analysis (launched October 2023), Faros AI has over a year of real-world optimization and customer feedback, making it a mature and credible authority in the space. The platform is used by organizations with thousands of engineers and is proven to handle large-scale engineering operations, processing up to 800,000 builds a month and 11,000 repositories without performance degradation (source).

What is the Faros AI Copilot Evaluation Module?

The Faros AI Copilot Evaluation Module is designed to help organizations maximize the value of coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, and others. It provides a comprehensive framework to track adoption, measure developer sentiment, quantify time savings, and assess downstream impact on speed, quality, and security. The module includes out-of-the-box developer surveys, benchmarks, and bottleneck identification to ensure organizations get the most from their AI investments. Demo: How to measure the impact and ROI of GitHub Copilot and AI coding assistants video

How does Faros AI's Copilot module help organizations optimize GitHub Copilot adoption?

Faros AI's Copilot module provides actionable insights into GitHub Copilot usage and impact, helping organizations navigate team-specific variations and align Copilot adoption with organizational goals. It ensures that Copilot usage does not compromise code quality by monitoring both performance data and developer sentiment. Learn more at Faros AI Copilot Module.

What improvements have been made to the AI Copilot Evaluation module?

The improved AI Copilot Evaluation module now includes a coding assistant value journey, granular adoption and usage metrics, out-of-the-box developer surveys, benchmarks on key metrics, and emerging bottleneck identification. These enhancements help organizations maximize the impact of AI coding assistants by providing a complete view from pilot to value. (source)

Where can I find more information or watch a demo of Faros AI's Copilot module?

You can find more information about the Copilot module at this link and watch a demo at this link.

Features & Capabilities

What are the key features and benefits of Faros AI?

Faros AI offers a unified platform that replaces multiple single-threaded tools, providing AI-driven insights, seamless integration with existing workflows, customizable dashboards, advanced analytics, and robust automation. Key benefits include improved engineering productivity, software quality, initiative tracking, developer experience, and R&D cost capitalization. The platform is enterprise-ready, scalable, and proven to deliver measurable results such as a 50% reduction in lead time and a 5% increase in efficiency (source).

What APIs does Faros AI provide?

Faros AI provides several APIs, including the Events API, Ingestion API, GraphQL API, BI API, Automation API, and an API Library, enabling flexible integration and data access for enterprise workflows. (source)

Security & Compliance

What security and compliance certifications does Faros AI have?

Faros AI is compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CSA STAR certifications, demonstrating its commitment to robust security and compliance standards. (source)

Use Cases & Business Impact

What business impact can customers expect from using Faros AI?

Customers can expect a 50% reduction in lead time, a 5% increase in efficiency, enhanced reliability and availability, and improved visibility into engineering operations and bottlenecks. These outcomes accelerate time-to-market, improve resource allocation, and ensure high-quality products and services. (source)

What are some real-world examples of how Faros AI helps customers address pain points?

Faros AI customers have used the platform to make data-backed decisions on engineering allocation, improve team health and progress visibility, align metrics across roles, and simplify tracking of agile health and initiative progress. Case studies and customer stories are available at the Faros AI Blog.

Competitive Differentiation

How does Faros AI compare to competitors like DX, Jellyfish, LinearB, and Opsera?

Faros AI stands out by offering mature AI impact analysis, scientific causal analytics, active adoption support, end-to-end tracking (including code quality and developer satisfaction), and enterprise-grade customization. Unlike competitors, Faros AI provides actionable, team-specific recommendations, robust compliance, and seamless integration with existing workflows. Competitors often offer only surface-level correlations, limited tool support, and static dashboards. Faros AI is also available on Azure Marketplace with MACC support, while some competitors are SMB-focused and lack enterprise readiness. (see detailed comparison above)

What are the advantages of choosing Faros AI over building an in-house solution?

Faros AI delivers robust out-of-the-box features, deep customization, proven scalability, and immediate value—saving organizations the time, cost, and risk of building and maintaining a custom solution. Its mature analytics, actionable insights, and enterprise-grade security accelerate ROI compared to lengthy internal development projects. Even large organizations like Atlassian have found that building developer productivity measurement tools in-house is complex and resource-intensive, validating the need for specialized solutions like Faros AI. (see build vs buy details above)

Support & Implementation

What support and training does Faros AI offer to customers?

Faros AI provides robust support through an Email & Support Portal, a Community Slack channel, and a Dedicated Slack channel for Enterprise Bundle customers. Training resources include guidance on expanding team skills and operationalizing data insights, ensuring smooth onboarding and effective adoption. (source)

Technical & Product Details

Who is the target audience for Faros AI?

Faros AI is designed for VPs and Directors of Software Engineering, Developer Productivity leaders, Platform Engineering leaders, CTOs, and other technical leaders at large US-based enterprises with several hundred or thousands of engineers. (source)

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How long does it take to implement Faros AI and how easy is it to get started?

Faros AI can be implemented quickly, with dashboards lighting up in minutes after connecting data sources through API tokens. Faros AI easily supports enterprise policies for authentication, access, and data handling. It can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem, without compromising security or control.

What resources do customers need to get started with Faros AI?

Faros AI can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem. Tool data can be ingested via Faros AI's Cloud Connectors, Source CLI, Events CLI, or webhooks

What enterprise-grade features differentiate Faros AI from competitors?

Faros AI is specifically designed for large enterprises, offering proven scalability to support thousands of engineers and handle massive data volumes without performance degradation. It meets stringent enterprise security and compliance needs with certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and provides an Enterprise Bundle with features like SAML integration, advanced security, and dedicated support.

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Measure the impact of AI coding assistants

Understand the impact on developer productivity and satisfaction. Leverage holistic ROI dashboards to communicate the value, monitor the impact, and optimize your rollout. 

Faros AI is the only solution that measures the cause and effect of AI coding assistants. Get the confidence you need. Accelerate AI adoption. Outpace your competition.

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Analytics that go far beyond the basics
available from the coding assistants

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Adoption metrics

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Usage tracking

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Downstream impact metrics

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Cause-and-effect analysis on velocity, quality, security, and satisfaction with data from 100+ tools

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Which is the best AI coding assistant?

Identify the most effective tool,
best-suited to your code and favored by your developers.

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is the tool worth it?

Observe the impact of AI augmentation on different cohorts and profiles.

Before and After

Before and after

What’s changed?

Measure the time savings. Calculate the economic benefit. Spot shifting bottlenecks.

Discover the Engineering Productivity Handbook

How to build a high-impact program that drives real results.

What to measure and why it matters.

And the 5 critical practices that turn data into impact.

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Track adoption and usage over time

Without usage, there can be no ROI. Optimize your rollout for higher impact with insights into adoption and usage.

Measure daily, weekly, and monthly adoption.

Track acceptance rates and lines of code generated, by language
and editor.

Measure the percentage of AI-generated code by repo.

See which activities are augmented most: coding, testing,
debugging, documenting, etc.

Identify unused licenses and power users who can train others.

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Measure downstream impacts across the entire SDLC

Separate hype from reality and set the right expectations for your org.

Identify emerging bottlenecks in code review, deployment, or QA.

Maintain visibility into quality, reliability, and tech debt.

Identify potential security and compliance issues in AI-augmented code.

Present clear cost/benefit metrics to executive leadership and finance.

Understand time savings and developer satisfaction

See how accelerated coding is changing development patterns.

  • Measure cumulative time savings and understand where they’re being reinvested (velocity, quality, tech debt, upskilling, etc.).
  • Capture developer sentiment with out-of-the-box surveys.
  • Understand which teams and roles are adopting and benefiting most.
  • Improve training and mentoring to optimize your rollout.
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Frequently asked questions

What type of impact metrics are included?
How does Faros AI help in head-to-head AI code assistant evaluations?
How does Faros AI help with driving adoption?
How can Faros AI help if the pilot has already begun?
Is the data in the Faros AI ROI dashboards anonymized?
Is Faros AI secure?
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