GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

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TLDR

  • All GitHub Copilot plans switch to GitHub AI Credits on June 1, 2026; base plan prices stay the same.

Key Facts

  • Premium request units (PRUs) are replaced by GitHub AI Credits billed on token consumption: input, output, and cached tokens.
  • Copilot Pro ($10/mo) gets $10 in monthly credits; Pro+ ($39/mo) gets $39; Business ($19/user/mo) gets $19; Enterprise ($39/user/mo) gets $39.
  • Business and Enterprise customers get promotional higher credit allotments for June, July, and August to ease the transition.
  • Annual Pro/Pro+ subscribers stay on PRU pricing until their plan expires, then move to Copilot Free with an option to upgrade to monthly.

Why It Matters

  • Agentic multi-step coding sessions consume far more compute than single chat queries, making the flat PRU model unsustainable for GitHub.
  • Admins gain new budget controls at enterprise, cost-center, and user levels, with the option to cap or allow overage spend.

Mario Rodriguez / The GitHub Blog · 2026-04-27 · Read the original

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