GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage
Copilot moves to an AI-credits model that bills heavy users for inference beyond their plan’s included allocation.
GitHub says it will shift Copilot from a flat subscription experience to usage-based billing, replacing request buckets with an AI Credits allowance tied to the subscription fee, with overages charged at model-specific token rates. The company frames the change as a response to rising inference costs and growing demand for scarce AI compute, aiming to better align price with actual usage.
Read the original reporting at Ars Technica.
