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About billing for GitHub Copilot

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If you want to use GitHub Copilot, you either need a subscription for GitHub Copilot for Individuals in your personal account, or you need to be assigned a seat by an organization on GitHub Enterprise Cloud with a subscription for GitHub Copilot for Business.

GitHub Copilot can be managed through personal accounts with GitHub Copilot for Individuals or through invoiced GitHub Enterprise Cloud accounts with GitHub Copilot for Business.

GitHub Enterprise Cloud accounts paying through credit card or PayPal, and organizations on the GitHub Team or GitHub Free plans cannot manage GitHub Copilot for their members at this time. If you are interested in managing GitHub Copilot through your GitHub Enterprise Cloud account paying through credit card or PayPal, or your organization on the GitHub Team or GitHub Free plan, you can contact sales and request to join the waitlist.

About billing for GitHub Copilot

If you want to use GitHub Copilot, you will need a subscription for your GitHub personal account, or if you are a member of a GitHub Enterprise Cloud organization with a Copilot for Business subscription, you will need to be assigned a seat by an organization admin. For more information about GitHub Copilot, see "About GitHub Copilot."

For more information about managing GitHub Copilot through GitHub Enterprise Cloud, see "Enforcing policies for GitHub Copilot in your enterprise" in the GitHub Enterprise Cloud documentation.

Before starting a paid subscription for a personal account, you can set up a one-time 60-day trial to evaluate GitHub Copilot. To begin a trial, you will need to choose a monthly or yearly billing cycle, and provide a payment method. If you do not cancel the trial before the end of the 60 days, the trial will automatically convert to a paid subscription. You can cancel your GitHub Copilot trial at any time during the 60 days and you won't be charged. If you cancel before the end of the trial, you will continue to have access to GitHub Copilot until the 60-day trial period ends. For more information, see "Managing your GitHub Copilot for Individuals subscription."

Note: If you were part of the free GitHub Copilot technical preview that was run between July 2021 and June 2022, you are not eligible for a 60-day trial.

Pricing for GitHub Copilot for Individuals

The GitHub Copilot subscription is available on a monthly or yearly cycle. If you choose a monthly billing cycle, you will be billed $10 per calendar month. If you choose a yearly billing cycle, you will be billed $100 per year. You can modify your billing cycle at any time, and the modification will be reflected from the start of your next billing cycle.

If you have an active GitHub Copilot subscription, and are then assigned a seat as part of a GitHub Copilot for Business subscription in GitHub Enterprise Cloud, your personal GitHub Copilot subscription will be automatically canceled. You will receive a prorated refund for any remaining portion of your personal subscription's current billing cycle. You will then be able to continue using GitHub Copilot according to the policies set at the enterprise or organization level.

A free subscription for GitHub Copilot is available to verified students, teachers, and maintainers of popular open-source repositories on GitHub. If you meet the criteria as an open source maintainer, you will be automatically notified when you visit the GitHub Copilot subscription page. As a student, if you currently receive the GitHub Student Developer Pack, you will also be offered a free subscription when you visit the GitHub Copilot subscription page. For more information about the GitHub Student Developer Pack, see "Apply to GitHub Global Campus as a student."