Billing and payments

GitHub offers free and paid products for every account. You can upgrade or downgrade your account's subscription and manage your billing settings at any time. You can also view usage and manage spending limits for GitHub features such as GitHub Actions, GitHub Packages, and Codespaces.

Overview

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Adding or editing a payment method→

You can add a payment method to your account or update your account's existing payment method at any time.

Upgrading your GitHub subscription→

You can upgrade the subscription for any type of account on GitHub.com at any time.

Setting your billing email→

Your account's billing email is where GitHub sends receipts and other billing-related communication.

About per-user pricing→

With per-user pricing, organizations pay based on team size to access advanced collaboration and management tools for teams, and optionally, security, compliance, and deployment controls.

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Removing a payment method

If you aren't using your payment method for any paid subscriptions on GitHub, you can remove the payment method so it's no longer stored in your account.

How does upgrading or downgrading affect the billing process?

When you upgrade the subscription for your personal account or organization, changes are applied immediately. When you downgrade your subscription, changes are applied at the end of your current billing cycle.