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title GitHub Copilot licenses
intro Learn how licenses for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} work, including usage measurement and managing your budget.
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Understand product costs

Usage of {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} is measured through a combination of licenses and monthly usage tracking. For more information about how usage costs in {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} work, see AUTOTITLE.

Licenses for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}

{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} licenses are required for each user who uses {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}. Licenses are available through different plans depending on your account type.

Account type Options
Personal accounts
  • {% data variables.copilot.copilot_pro_short %}: {% data variables.copilot.cfi_price_per_month %} per calendar month.
  • {% data variables.copilot.copilot_pro_plus_short %}: {% data variables.copilot.cpp_price_per_month %} per calendar month.
  • {% data variables.copilot.copilot_student_short %}: access to {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} premium features at no cost.
  • {% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %}: limited access to {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} features at no cost.
Organizations {% data variables.copilot.copilot_business_short %}: {% data variables.copilot.cfb_price_per_month %} per user per month (billed monthly).
Enterprises Choose {% data variables.copilot.copilot_business_short %} or {% data variables.copilot.copilot_enterprise_short %}, or mix them across organizations. Both are billed monthly, pricing varies.

[!NOTE] {% data reusables.copilot.copilot-one-account %}

Free use of {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}

There are several ways to use {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} for free.

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %}

  • Provides limited access to {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} features at no cost.
  • Includes a monthly allowance of completions and premium requests.
  • Intended for individual use only (not suitable for organizations or enterprises).
  • For usage beyond the free plan limits, upgrade to {% data variables.copilot.copilot_pro_short %}.

30-day trial for {% data variables.copilot.copilot_pro_short %}

  • Before starting a paid plan for a personal account, you can activate a one-time 30-day trial. Start using {% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %}.
  • You must provide a payment method.
  • If you do not cancel before the end of the trial, it automatically converts to a paid plan.
  • You can cancel any time during the 30 days. If you cancel, you will not be charged and will keep access until the trial ends.
  • Free trials are limited to three per payment method. Additional trials will continue as paid subscriptions.

Educational and open source benefits

  • {% data variables.copilot.copilot_student_short %} offers free access to {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}'s premium features for verified students. See AUTOTITLE.
  • {% data variables.copilot.copilot_pro_short %} is free for verified teachers and maintainers of popular open source projects. See AUTOTITLE.

How usage of {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} licenses is measured

Usage of {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} licenses is measured by the number of seats used.

Personal accounts

  • Upgrades take effect immediately, with proration applied for the remainder of the current billing cycle.
  • Downgrades take effect at the start of the next billing cycle and are generally not prorated.
  • Canceling a monthly plan keeps access until the end of the current billing cycle, with no proration.

For details on billing and proration, see AUTOTITLE.

Organizations and enterprises

  • A seat is a license for one user.
  • Organizations and enterprises are billed for the number of assigned seats at the end of each monthly billing cycle.
  • If a user has seats in multiple organizations within the same enterprise, the enterprise is only billed once per cycle.
  • If both a {% data variables.copilot.copilot_business_short %} and a {% data variables.copilot.copilot_enterprise_short %} seat are assigned, only the enterprise seat is billed.

For more information about seat assignment, see AUTOTITLE.

Using more than your plan's included seats

Individual plans are tied to a single account and can’t include additional seats. To license multiple users, upgrade to an organizational plan.

For organizations and enterprises:

  • You can assign additional {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} seats at any time.
  • Additional seats are billed immediately on a prorated basis for the rest of the current billing cycle.
  • Assigned users gain access to {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} features right away.

For details about how added seats are billed, see AUTOTITLE.

Paying for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} licenses

You pay for additional licenses using the payment method set up for your {% data variables.product.github %} account. See AUTOTITLE.

Managing your budget for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} licenses

To help manage your budget for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} licenses, consider the following strategies.

Personal accounts

  • You can set budgets for your personal account to receive email alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% of the budget.
  • Budgets help you monitor spending but do not stop license charges.

For more information about using budgets to control spending, see AUTOTITLE.

Organizations and enterprises

  • Owners and billing managers can set budgets at the organization or enterprise level, or by cost center.
  • Budgets for licenses are monitoring-only: spending can exceed the budget, but alerts notify you when thresholds are reached.
  • Use cost centers to track spending across teams or initiatives.

For more information about managing company spending, see AUTOTITLE.