How does GitHub Copilot price its AI?

GitHub Copilot sits at the “Metered overage” rung of the AI Credit Index metering continuum. A usage meter was bolted onto a seat you already pay for — the subscription is no longer the whole bill.

Has GitHub Copilot changed its AI pricing since January 2025?

2 dated, sourced pricing changes are on record since January 2025, and it shifted on the metering continuum over that window.

GitHub Copilot pricing, reviewed — Strategy of Finance

CompanyGitHub (Microsoft)
CategoryCoding agents
AudienceBusiness
PatternIncumbent bolt-on
Last observedJun 2026
Confidencehigh

Jan 2025 Rung 1 · Bundled
Jun 2025 → now Rung 4 · Metered overage Premium-request meter live (announced Apr 4); overage at $0.04/request

Moved across the continuum this window — pattern: Incumbent bolt-on.

The short version A usage meter was bolted onto a seat you already pay for — the subscription is no longer the whole bill.

The verdict

In January 2025 Copilot was a flat seat — $10 Pro, $19/user Business, "unlimited" completions and chat. On April 4, 2025 GitHub bolted a "premium request" meter onto the seat (300/mo on Pro, per-model multipliers), with overage at $0.04/request and a new $39 Pro+ tier; billing began June 18, 2025. On April 27, 2026 it re-based that meter to token-based "AI Credits" (1 credit = $0.01) effective June 1, 2026 — headline prices held flat while heavy agentic bills reportedly rose many times over. A textbook bolt-on that hardened into metered overage.

Current pricing snapshot

As published on GitHub Copilot's own pages · captured Jun 12, 2026. Unit: AI credit.

Plan	Price / mo	Included	At zero	Top-up vs plan
Free	Free	—	Unstated	—
Pro	$10	1,500	Opt-in overage	Yes · price hidden
Pro+	$39	7,000	Opt-in overage	Yes · price hidden
Max	$100	20,000	Opt-in overage	Yes · price hidden
Business	$19	—	Opt-in overage	Yes · price hidden
Enterprise	$39	—	Opt-in overage	Yes · price hidden

Credit ↔ dollar: Pegged — one credit is a fixed $ amount
Credit burn rate: Varies by model / action
Model choice: You pick the model
Billing: Monthly or annual
Included credits: Expire each cycle
Purchased credits: Unstated

What changed

Jun 1, 2026 · Price change · Copilot switched to token/credit usage-based billing effective June 1, 2026; users reported 10-50x effective cost increases. Capture 2026-06-12 found the docs mid-transition (premium requests at $0.04 alongside AI credits at $0.01, base+flex split) with new individual sign-ups paused since 2026-04-20.
Jun 18, 2025 · Meter adopted · GitHub Copilot added a premium-request meter: paid plans get a monthly allowance of premium requests, each model carrying a multiplier (heavier models deduct more), with usage-based billing beyond the allowance. Began 2025-06-18 on GitHub.com (2025-08-01 on GHE.com). Wayback confirms the before-state — the Jan-2024 plans page was flat per-seat ($10 Individual) with no usage meter. (archive)

Where it's headed

At metered overage with a token-level meter already live, the next pressure is on the size and price of the included allowance, not the rung. Expect the meter to keep getting more granular before the sticker ever moves.

A read on the likely next move from where GitHub Copilot sits today — association, not a forecast (the panel is observed, not sampled). How the continuum works →

Sourced from GitHub Copilot's official pricing pages and archived snapshots. Primary: pricing page. Method & limits: Methodology & data.