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GitHub Copilot cost in 2026: what teams actually pay
GitHub Copilot Business is $19 per user per month and Enterprise is $39 — but since June 1, 2026 every plan also meters chat, agents, and code review through GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01). Seat price is only the floor; idle seats and unmanaged credit overages decide what you actually pay.
Prices verified against official vendor pages on 2026-06-12. All waste figures are estimates from your own inputs.
GitHub Copilot plans and per-seat prices
| Plan | Price / seat / month | Best for | Usage notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copilot Free | $0 | Individuals | 2,000 completions/month and limited chat/agent usage. |
| Copilot Pro | $10 | Individuals | Unlimited completions; $15 in monthly AI Credits included. |
| Copilot Pro+ | $39 | Individuals (premium models) | $70 in monthly AI Credits included. |
| Copilot Business | $19 | Teams and organizations | $19 in monthly AI Credits per seat, pooled across the business; bulk discounts from 10 seats. |
| Copilot Enterprise | $39 | GitHub Enterprise Cloud orgs | Larger pooled AI-Credit allowance plus enterprise controls. |
Sources: GitHub Copilot plans & pricing · GitHub Docs: plans for GitHub Copilot · GitHub blog: Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
Where teams waste money on GitHub Copilot
- Assigned-but-inactive Business seats still bill $19/month each. GitHub exposes per-user last-activity data, so reclaiming them is the fastest Copilot saving.
- Since June 2026, chat, agents, and code review draw from pooled AI Credits — pooling removes stranded capacity but also hides which users drive overage spend without per-user budgets.
- Developers who expense an individual Pro or Pro+ plan while also holding a company Business seat are paying twice for the same assistant.
- Bulk discounts kick in automatically at 10, 25, and 50 seats (5/10/15%) — right-sizing seat count around those thresholds changes the effective per-seat price.
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GitHub Copilot cost FAQ
How much does GitHub Copilot Business cost per seat?
Copilot Business is $19 per user per month, which includes $19 in monthly GitHub AI Credits per seat pooled across the business. Copilot Enterprise is $39 per user per month. Bulk discounts apply automatically: 5% off at 10+ seats, 10% at 25+, and 15% at 50+.
What changed with GitHub Copilot billing in June 2026?
On June 1, 2026 GitHub moved Copilot to usage-based billing. Premium requests were replaced by GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01) that meter chat, agents, code review, and CLI usage. Code completions stay unlimited on paid tiers, and seat prices for Business and Enterprise did not change.
Is GitHub Copilot Enterprise worth $39 per seat?
Enterprise adds a larger pooled AI-Credit allowance, indexing against your codebase, and admin budget controls at the enterprise, cost-center, and user level. If most of your developers only use completions and occasional chat, Business at $19 usually covers them — measure actual credit consumption before upgrading everyone.
How do I find inactive GitHub Copilot seats?
GitHub’s Copilot seat-management API reports per-user last-activity timestamps. Comparing seats purchased against seats active in the last 30 days is the standard waste check — a DevSpend AI workspace tracks that gap and the dollars attached to it over time.
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