GitHub is changing how it charges for Copilot. As of June 1, the company says, the assistant bills by the tokens it consumes — input, output, and cached — drawn from a pool of 'GitHub AI Credits,' replacing the older premium-request model.
The headline prices don't move. Copilot Pro stays $10 a month, Pro+ $39, Business $19 per user, Enterprise $39 per user. Each plan now comes with that same dollar amount in monthly credits.
What's free, what meters
Code completions and Next Edit suggestions stay free on every plan and don't draw down credits, GitHub says. What burns credits is the heavier work — chat and agent calls, priced at each model's published API rates for input, output, and cached tokens.
Run out of credits and you can no longer quietly drop to a cheaper model. Instead, admins decide whether to allow overage purchases or cap spending. Organizations get budget controls at the enterprise, cost-center, and user level, plus credits pooled across teams.
Who feels it
Monthly individual subscribers were migrated automatically on June 1. Annual subscribers stay on the old premium-request model until their term ends, then move to the Free tier with the option to upgrade. Business and Enterprise customers get a promotional bump — $30 and $70 in monthly credits — through August 2026.
The sticker price is the same, but the shape of the cost changes. Usage-based billing rewards light users and meters the heavy ones, and it turns model choice into a budgeting decision. It also fits a broader industry drift toward paying for AI by the token rather than the seat.