Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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Commercial product change, preserved as evidence.

SK-2026-051 · Pricing & commercial terms

GitHub Copilot adopts AI-credit usage billing across plans

Usage-based Copilot capabilities are measured in AI Credits across individual and organisational plans, with code review also consuming Actions minutes where applicable.

Billing active

Commercial transition

Previous stateThe new AI-credit usage model was not active across the named Copilot plans.
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New stateFree, Student, Pro, Pro+, Business and Enterprise usage-based capabilities consume AI Credits under plan-specific terms.

Who is affected

GitHub Copilot users and billing owners across named plans.

Action required

Track AI-credit consumption, Actions minutes and user budgets separately from subscription fees.

Evidence boundary

The notice does not assert that base subscription prices changed and exact usage depends on the capability and plan.

Timeline

  1. Billing announced

    GitHub published the cross-plan AI-credit model.

  2. Billing effective

    Usage-based capabilities began consuming AI Credits.

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