GitHub Copilot Business Pricing: Business vs Enterprise

GitHub Copilot Business Pricing: Business vs Enterprise

GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise now meter agent use with GitHub AI Credits, not the old premium request counter.

Short answer: GitHub lists Copilot Business at $19 per granted seat per month and Enterprise at $39. The current usage meter is GitHub AI Credits: 1,900 per Business seat and 3,900 per Enterprise seat each month. Inline completions remain unlimited. Older premium-request comparisons are out of date for the current billing model.

GitHub Copilot Business Pricing: Business vs Enterprise

How does GitHub Copilot meter Business and Enterprise use?

GitHub's organization billing documentation lists Business at $19 per granted seat per month and Enterprise at $39. The Business seat includes 1,900 GitHub AI Credits each month, and Enterprise includes 3,900. The organization plan gives admins one place to assign seats, manage policies, and monitor the pooled allowance. A Copilot seat is assigned to one user, even if Enterprise Cloud can make the access charge zero for some eligible licensed users under a separate Copilot access arrangement.

The term premium requests is familiar from older Copilot comparisons, but GitHub announced that paid plans moved to GitHub AI Credits on June 1, 2026. AI Credits measure usage from agent mode, code review, cloud agents, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app. The amount consumed depends on the model and feature. Inline code completion and next edit suggestions do not consume credits and remain unlimited, according to the current organization billing documentation.

Business is focused on centralized management and usage in coding environments. Enterprise adds a larger per-user monthly pool and additional organization-level features for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers. The public plan comparison also describes priority access to new models and features for Enterprise. Check the eligible model list and feature entitlements in the current plan comparison before assuming every surface or model is available to every licensed user.

The pooled credit model can help when some developers use more agent workflows than others, but it also means the team needs an owner for budgets and overage policy. GitHub says usage beyond the shared pool can be billed separately when paid usage is enabled. Admins can set limits and decide whether additional paid usage is allowed. If the organization disables it, Copilot pauses when the allowance is exhausted rather than silently continuing at an unbounded rate.

What does an AI Credit budget actually buy?

The included credits are not a count of identical requests. A model or feature can consume a different number of credits, and usage changes with the selected model. That is why the current GitHub documentation reports credits and models rather than a universal number of prompts. Treat 1,900 and 3,900 as monthly budget contributions, not guaranteed task counts. Review the organization's available model list and AI-credit usage report before assigning a larger set of seats.

GitHub lists 1,900 AI Credits per Business seat and 3,900 per Enterprise seat each month. The organization shares its allowance across granted seats, while model and feature choice changes the cost of a request. Inline completions remain unlimited, but credit budgets do not promise a fixed number of agent tasks.

What is the bill for 5, 10, or 25 Copilot seats?

Five Business seats cost 5 × $19 = $95 monthly and contribute 9,500 AI credits to the shared pool. Ten seats cost $190 and contribute 19,000. At 25 seats, the license subtotal is $475 and the pool is 47,500 credits. Enterprise multiplies to $195, $390, and $975, with 19,500, 39,000, and 97,500 monthly credits respectively. These totals exclude separately metered usage after the pool and any GitHub Enterprise Cloud costs.

Business at $19 per seat totals $95 for five people, $190 for ten, and $475 for 25 each month. Enterprise at $39 totals $195, $390, and $975. The added 2,000 monthly credits per Enterprise seat matter only when those features are useful.

For 12 Business seats, the license bill is $228 monthly and the pooled monthly budget is 22,800 AI Credits; across twelve months the seat subtotal is $2,736. Twelve Enterprise seats cost $468 monthly and provide 46,800 credits, or $5,616 in annual seat charges. That $2,880 annual difference excludes GitHub Enterprise Cloud and usage after the included pool. Inline completions do not draw from the AI Credit allowance.

When does Copilot Enterprise justify its higher seat price?

Choose Business when the team needs managed seats, policies, and the current coding environment features without the larger Enterprise pool or enterprise-specific GitHub capabilities. Consider Enterprise when the organization already uses GitHub Enterprise Cloud and needs the plan's larger allowance, broader organization integration, or priority access.

Skip a paid upgrade if the team mainly uses inline completion and its current access already meets policy needs. Before making a 25-seat commitment, check whether all developers need agent features, how many AI Credits are consumed by a representative sprint, and whether admins allow paid usage past the shared pool. This is a pricing and feature guide, not a performance test.

What should GitHub admins review before renewal?

Separate inline completion from credit-metered chat and agent work in the monthly usage report. If most developers use only completion, the larger Enterprise pool may sit untouched.

Set an approval rule before enabling paid overage. Confirm seat grants, model access, and the underlying GitHub organization plan before the next annual bill.

What changes if Copilot seats are upgraded or removed mid-cycle?

GitHub bills new seats pro rata for the remaining billing cycle, and the included AI Credits for those seats may also be prorated. Removing or suspending a user takes away Copilot access immediately, but the seat remains billed through the cycle's end.

A Business-to-Enterprise change adds $20 per assigned seat monthly and contributes another 2,000 credits per seat to the pool. GitHub lists controls for additional paid usage; its billing page does not promise a fixed prompt count or make the two plans' monthly pools interchangeable.

How can GitHub admins test the credit model before expanding seats?

Assign a small group that uses agent mode, code review, and Copilot CLI, then inspect the organization AI Credit report after a representative work cycle. Keep inline completion separate because the vendor says it remains unlimited.

Compare the same cohort on Business and Enterprise only if a GitHub Enterprise Cloud requirement or a documented credit shortfall exists. Before renewal, review paid overage settings, granted seats, and the feature list tied to the organization's GitHub plan.

How much pooled use do Krater teams report per person?

Krater data from 18 active teams: median member use was 1,280 credits over 30 days ending Nov 10, 2026, and median pooled use was 4,434 credits.

Could a second AI workspace reduce tool switching?

Krater combines chat, research, documents, agents, and media creation in one workspace with 500+ AI models. Developers can keep research and writing around a pull request in the same AI workspace.

It does not replace GitHub's seat administration or Copilot credit meter. Krater Pro provides 1,500 monthly credits; Max makes 10,000 credits available to five members with the owner counting as one. Do not convert between the two credit systems.

How we checked

We read GitHub's billing documentation for seat prices and AI Credits, the plan comparison for access, and the official change announcement. Checked November 11, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How much is GitHub Copilot Business per user?

GitHub lists Copilot Business at $19 per granted seat per month.

How much is Copilot Enterprise per user?

GitHub lists Copilot Enterprise at $39 per granted seat per month for the plan described in its organization billing documentation.

How many AI Credits does Business include?

GitHub says each Business seat contributes 1,900 AI Credits monthly to the organization's shared pool.

Does Copilot still use premium requests?

GitHub's current paid usage meter is GitHub AI Credits. The change from premium requests was announced for June 1, 2026.

Are inline suggestions charged against AI Credits?

GitHub says inline completions and next edit suggestions do not consume credits and remain unlimited.

What happens when the pooled allowance runs out?

Admins control whether additional paid usage is enabled. If they disallow it, Copilot pauses until the next cycle; if enabled, usage beyond the pool is billed separately.

Bottom line

For most buyers, the decision is $19 versus $39 per developer plus the size of the monthly credit pool and GitHub-specific administration requirements. Compare recent AI Credit usage, not an old premium-request count, before picking the seat mix.

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