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GitHub Copilot Shifts to Usage-Based Billing June 2026

4/29/2026

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GitHub will shift Copilot to a usage-based billing model on June 1 2026.
Subscribers get monthly AI Credits equal to their fee and pay extra per token, e.g., $4.50 per million output tokens for GPT-5.4 Mini and $30 per million for GPT-5.5.
Base prices stay unchanged at $10/month for Pro and $19/user/month for Business, with basic features free.
Admin controls let organizations set spending caps at the company, team or individual level.

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Story summary

GitHub will shift Copilot to a usage-based billing model on June 1 2026.
Subscribers get monthly AI Credits equal to their fee and pay extra per token, e.g., $4.50 per million output tokens for GPT-5.4 Mini and $30 per million for GPT-5.5.
Base prices stay unchanged at $10/month for Pro and $19/user/month for Business, with basic features free.
Admin controls let organizations set spending caps at the company, team or individual level.