News · 2026-10-30
GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user, billing AI usage against one enterprise budget
From 28 October 2026, GitHub Enterprise customers working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team get Copilot included for every licensed user, ending the separate Copilot seat purchase. Usage is metered from the first request against the enterprise's budget using its existing policies, alerts and attribution, with no included allowance to track or top up; code completion and next-edit suggestions keep working at an exhausted budget, while Copilot Chat, Copilot code review and Copilot in the cloud require available budget, and an exhausted budget never removes access or features that need none. Users in the enterprise without a GitHub Enterprise license get the same access through Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month, with the same features and models as Copilot Enterprise but no monthly per-seat AI credits. Self-serve availability for enterprises without an account team is opening in stages; Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise remain available to buy as before.
What it means for buyers
The per-seat Copilot line item disappears into the platform contract for account-team enterprises, and the thing to govern becomes one shared AI budget instead of seat-plus-credits — a pricing structure change that moves Copilot further toward platform-vs-platform comparison, the framing our ai-coding-assistants comparison uses. Buyers comparing Copilot against per-seat rivals should model their own agent usage against a pooled budget, not a seat count.
Where to check it
- GitHub Copilot profile: dated claims, sourced pricing
Sources
- GitHub Enterprise now includes access to GitHub Copilot (GitHub Changelog) — 28 October 2026: inclusion terms, budget metering, exhausted-budget behaviour, Copilot Standalone $10 per user per month, checked 2026-10-30