About GitHub Copilot Business
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers write code faster. GitHub Copilot is available through GitHub personal accounts with GitHub Copilot Individual or through organization or enterprise accounts with GitHub Copilot Business.
With Copilot Business, you can manage access to GitHub Copilot for organizations within your enterprise. Once you grant an organization access to GitHub Copilot, the administrators of that organization can grant access to individuals and teams. For more information, see "Managing Copilot Business."
GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio. For more information on using GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, and JetBrains, see "Getting started with GitHub Copilot." For more information on using GitHub Copilot in Azure Data Studio, see GitHub Copilot extension in Microsoft Learn.
Note: Copilot Business does not retain any Prompts or Suggestions.
Understanding the differences between Copilot Business and Copilot Individual
| Copilot Individual | Copilot Business | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $10 USD per month $100 USD per year | $19 USD per user per month |
| Types of GitHub accounts | Personal accounts | Organization or enterprise accounts |
| Telemetry | ||
| Blocks suggestions matching public code | ||
| Plugs right into your editor | ||
| Offers multi-line function suggestions | ||
| Organization-wide policy management | ||
| Exclude specified files | ||
| Audit logs | ||
| HTTP proxy support via custom certificates |
For more information about proxy support with custom certificates, see "Configuring network settings for GitHub Copilot".
Enabling and setting up Copilot Business
To use Copilot Business, you need to set up a subscription for your organization or enterprise account. For more information, see "Managing your GitHub Copilot subscription for your organization or enterprise."
After setting up a subscription, you can enable GitHub Copilot for organizations within your enterprise. For more information, see "Enabling and setting up GitHub Copilot Business."
About billing for Copilot Business
Copilot Business subscriptions are billed monthly, based on the number of GitHub Copilot seats assigned to users within your organization or enterprise. For more information, see "About billing for GitHub Copilot."
Requesting or granting access to GitHub Copilot Business
Organization members can request access to GitHub Copilot Business from their organization's owners.
Submitting a request for GitHub Copilot Business
As a member of an organization, you can request access to GitHub Copilot Business from your organization's owners. This can be done in a couple of different ways:
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From the GitHub Copilot settings for your personal account
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From an empty repository in the organization
Managing requests for GitHub Copilot Business
As an owner of an organization, you can manage requests for GitHub Copilot Business from your organization's settings. Additionally, GitHub sends you a weekly email with a summary of all pending requests.
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In the upper-right corner of GitHub.com, select your profile photo, then click Your organizations.
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Under "Organizations", next to the name of your organization, click Settings.
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In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Requests from members.
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To accept the request and grant the member access to GitHub Copilot Business, click Buy Copilot Business.
All requests for GitHub Copilot Business are grouped together under "Copilot Business."