GitHub Copilot

Price/mo (USD)

$0

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Listed as Free. Marketing plans page also shows $0 and says no credit card is required.

Usage limits

An allowance of GitHub AI Credits (numeric amount not published) and 2000 code completions per month.

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Plans overview marks agents as Limited. Marketing FAQ states Free users are limited to 2000 completions and 50 chat requests (including Copilot Edits); the comparison table calls credits 'Limited chat and agent usage' and marks the flex allotment as not included. Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

When included AI credits are exhausted: upgrade and pay only the price difference to the next tier, or set a budget for additional usage at 1 AI credit = $0.01 USD. Additional usage may be capped; pay already-consumed additional usage to continue. Otherwise wait until the next monthly reset.

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Marketing comparison marks Purchase additional GitHub AI Credits as not included on Free. Additional AI credits cannot be bought through GitHub Mobile in-app purchase.

Models

Auto model selection only

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Plans page uses the same wording. Marketing plans page also says 'Access to Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini, and more.'

Price/mo (USD)

$0

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Listed as Free. Available to verified students.

Usage limits

An allowance of GitHub AI Credits (numeric amount not published) and unlimited code completions.

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Plans overview says agents exclude third-party agents. Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

Not published

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not published by vendor. Overage rules are stated for Copilot Individual plans and name Free, Pro, Pro+, and Max, not Student.

Models

Auto model selection only

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Price/mo (USD)

$10

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Listed as $10 USD per month (free for some users). Verified teachers and maintainers of popular open source projects may be eligible for free Copilot Pro. Annual price is not published on the current plans or marketing pages.

Usage limits

1,000 base GitHub AI Credits plus a 500-credit flex allotment (1,500 total per month). Base credits are used first. Included credits do not carry over and reset at 00:00:00 UTC on the first day of each calendar month. Code completions and next edit suggestions are not billed in AI credits and remain unlimited on paid plans.

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Marketing page states the same allowance as $15 per month ($10 base + $5 flex). Flex allotments may change over time. Paid plans get a 10% discount on model costs when using auto model selection in Copilot Chat, Copilot CLI, the Copilot app, or Copilot cloud agent. Existing annual subscribers who stayed on legacy request-based billing after 2026-06-01 instead get 300 premium requests per month. Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

When included AI credits are exhausted: upgrade and pay only the price difference to the next tier, or set a budget for additional usage at 1 AI credit = $0.01 USD. Additional usage may be capped; pay already-consumed additional usage to continue. Otherwise wait until the next monthly reset.

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Legacy annual request-based billing: additional premium requests are listed at $0.04 per request, or keep using included models subject to rate limits. Additional AI credits are not available for GitHub Mobile in-app purchases.

Models

Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.8 Flash, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6 Luna, Grok 4.5, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

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Plans overview calls this 'A selection of models.' Claude Sonnet 4.6 is marked included, but the page says it was retired on 2026-09-01 and remains available only to individual subscribers on annual Copilot Pro and Copilot Pro+ plans, not monthly plans. GPT-5.4 nano is marked not included.

Price/mo (USD)

$39

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Listed as $39 USD per month. Annual price is not published on the current plans or marketing pages.

Usage limits

3,900 base GitHub AI Credits plus a 3,100-credit flex allotment (7,000 total per month). Base credits are used first. Included credits do not carry over and reset at 00:00:00 UTC on the first day of each calendar month. Code completions and next edit suggestions are not billed in AI credits and remain unlimited on paid plans.

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Marketing page states $70 per month total credits and '4x+ included usage than Pro.' Paid auto model selection gets a 10% discount on model costs. Existing annual subscribers who stayed on legacy request-based billing after 2026-06-01 instead get 1,500 premium requests per month. Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

When included AI credits are exhausted: upgrade and pay only the price difference to the next tier, or set a budget for additional usage at 1 AI credit = $0.01 USD. Additional usage may be capped; pay already-consumed additional usage to continue. Otherwise wait until the next monthly reset.

source · verified 2026-10-18

Legacy annual request-based billing lists additional premium requests at $0.04 per request. Additional AI credits are not available for GitHub Mobile in-app purchases.

Models

Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) (preview), Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.4 nano, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6.1 Sol, Grok 4.5, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

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Plans overview says 'Access to premium models.' Claude Sonnet 4.6 remains only for annual Pro and Pro+ subscribers after its 2026-09-01 retirement. GPT-5.4 nano is marked included; the footnote says it is only in the Codex Visual Studio Code extension (Copilot Pro+ only) and is not available in Copilot Chat, while the same table also marks it included for Copilot Max.

Price/mo (USD)

$100

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Listed as $100 USD per month. Annual price is not published on the current plans or marketing pages.

Usage limits

10,000 base GitHub AI Credits plus a 10,000-credit flex allotment (20,000 total per month). Base credits are used first. Included credits do not carry over and reset at 00:00:00 UTC on the first day of each calendar month. Code completions and next edit suggestions are not billed in AI credits and remain unlimited on paid plans.

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Marketing page states $200 per month total credits and '2.9x+ included usage than Pro+.' Paid auto model selection gets a 10% discount on model costs. Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

When included AI credits are exhausted: upgrade and pay only the price difference to the next tier, or set a budget for additional usage at 1 AI credit = $0.01 USD. Additional usage may be capped; pay already-consumed additional usage to continue. Otherwise wait until the next monthly reset.

source · verified 2026-10-18

Additional AI credits are not available for GitHub Mobile in-app purchases. Marketing comparison marks purchase of additional GitHub AI Credits as included.

Models

Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) (preview), Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.4 nano, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6.1 Sol, Grok 4.5, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

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Plans overview says 'Priority access to premium models.' Claude Sonnet 4.6 is marked not included. GPT-5.4 nano is marked included; the footnote says it is Copilot Pro+ only, only in the Codex VS Code extension, and not in Copilot Chat.

Price/mo (USD)

$19

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Listed as $19 USD per granted seat per month. Seats page also says $19 USD per user per month.

Usage limits

1,900 GitHub AI Credits per user per month, pooled at the billing entity level. Included credits do not carry over and the pool resets at 00:00:00 UTC on the first day of each calendar month. Code completions and next edit suggestions are not billed in AI credits and remain unlimited.

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Plans page says total per user per month: 1,900. Marketing page says 'Includes 1,900 credits per user.' Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

Additional usage is enabled by default and continues at 1 AI credit = $0.01 USD, charged to the organization or enterprise. Additional usage may be capped; pay already-consumed additional usage to continue. If an admin disables the AI credits paid usage policy, usage is blocked until the next cycle. A user-level budget can halt that user even if the shared pool still has credits.

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Plans page also says usage beyond the pool is charged at $0.01 USD per AI credit. Data-resident and FedRAMP-compliant Copilot requests include a 10% model multiplier increase. Marketing comparison marks purchase of additional GitHub AI Credits as included, and pooled usage as included.

Models

Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) (preview), Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6.1 Sol, Grok 4.5, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

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Plans overview says 'Access to premium models.' Seats page says access to a broad model catalog. Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.4 nano are marked not included. Organization or enterprise owners can enable or restrict models for members.

Price/mo (USD)

$39

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Listed as $39 USD per granted seat per month. GitHub Enterprise Cloud only. Copilot is not available for GitHub Enterprise Server.

Usage limits

3,900 GitHub AI Credits per user per month, pooled at the billing entity level. Included credits do not carry over and the pool resets at 00:00:00 UTC on the first day of each calendar month. Code completions and next edit suggestions are not billed in AI credits and remain unlimited.

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Plans page says total per user per month: 3,900. Marketing page says 2,000 more credits per user than Business. Numeric 5-hour and weekly caps are not published by vendor.

Overflow / pay-as-you-go

Additional usage is enabled by default and continues at 1 AI credit = $0.01 USD, charged to the organization or enterprise. Additional usage may be capped; pay already-consumed additional usage to continue. If an admin disables the AI credits paid usage policy, usage is blocked until the next cycle. A user-level budget can halt that user even if the shared pool still has credits.

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Plans page also says usage beyond the pool is charged at $0.01 USD per AI credit. Data-resident and FedRAMP-compliant Copilot requests include a 10% model multiplier increase.

Models

Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) (preview), Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6.1 Sol, Grok 4.5, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash

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Plans overview says 'Priority access to premium models.' Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.4 nano are marked not included. Enterprise owners can enable or restrict models for members.