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GitHub Copilot cost: what you actually pay
Copilot looks like a simple per-seat price, but since June 2026 the agentic features meter on GitHub AI Credits (token consumption). Code completions stay free; chat, agents, code review, and CLI burn credits — and assigned seats bill whether or not they’re used.
Public pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | monthly | 2,000 completions/mo, limited chat, Copilot CLI |
| Pro | $10 / mo | monthly | Unlimited completions, ~$15/mo AI credits, cloud agent |
| Pro+ | $39 / mo | monthly | Premium models, ~$70/mo AI credits, audit logs |
| Business | $19 / user/mo | monthly | Org management, policy controls, seat management |
| Enterprise | $39 / user/mo | monthly | Everything in Business plus enterprise features |
As of June 1, 2026, GitHub retired "premium requests" and replaced them with GitHub AI Credits, billed by token consumption (input, output, cached) at each model’s API rate. 1 AI credit = $0.01. Monthly fees include a credit allowance; standard code completions remain free on all paid tiers. Overages are governed by credit balance and admin budget controls.
Last updated: 2026-07-22. Sourced from GitHub Copilot plans (official) ↗, GitHub blog — usage-based billing ↗.
Where the real GitHub Copilot cost hides
The sticker is the smallest part of the story. For GitHub Copilot, these are the line items that quietly inflate the bill:
- AI-Credit (token) overages on agents, premium models, code review, and CLI
- Assigned Business/Enterprise seats bill per-seat even when unused
- Paying for Enterprise features an org isn’t actually using
What an audit finds on GitHub Copilot
Assigned seats keep billing whether or not the developer opens Copilot; unused seats plus AI-Credit overages concentrated on a few heavy agent users are the usual finds.
Worked example: GitHub Copilot at 100 people
Take 100 people on GitHub Copilot Enterprise at the published $39 per person per month. The seat count is a round number we picked; the price is the one in the table above.
- Monthly
- $3,900
- Annual
- $46,800
- Typically recoverable
- $4,680–$7,020
That last figure is 10 to 15% of seat and subscription spend — the band an audit typically surfaces across public benchmarks and our own sample data, before any metered overage on top. On GitHub Copilot it usually arrives as seats nobody has opened in 60 days, which is the cheapest dollar in the stack to get back: nobody loses a capability they were using.
Arithmetic on the published prices above. Your mix will differ — run your own numbers.
GitHub Copilot pricing FAQ
How much is GitHub Copilot per user?
Business is $19/user/mo and Enterprise is $39/user/mo; individual plans are Free, Pro ($10/mo), and Pro+ ($39/mo).
Does GitHub bill inactive Copilot seats?
Yes — Business and Enterprise are per assigned seat, so a seat bills until it is unassigned, regardless of usage.
What are GitHub AI Credits?
Since June 1, 2026, Copilot meters agentic features by token consumption at each model’s API rate (1 credit = $0.01); code completions remain free.
What does GitHub Copilot cost for a team of 100?
At the published $39 per person per month on Enterprise, 100 people is $3,900 a month, or $46,800 a year. An audit typically finds 10 to 15% of that recoverable — $4,680 to $7,020 a year — mostly as seats nobody has opened in 60 days.
Are these GitHub Copilot prices current?
They were last checked against GitHub Copilot plans (official) and GitHub blog — usage-based billing on 2026-07-22. Every price on this page carries that date and a link to its source, and a scheduled check fails our build when any figure goes more than 30 days unverified. Vendors do change pricing between checks — the source link is there so you can confirm before you sign.
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