How much does GitHub Copilot cost in 2026?

GitHub Copilot Pricing Plans (as of March 2026)

Individual Plan ($10/month)

The Individual plan provides unlimited code completions and Copilot Chat access across all supported IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Visual Studio, Xcode). There are no monthly usage caps on completions, making it predictable for budgeting. Annual billing at $100/year saves $20 compared to monthly billing. The Individual plan is available to anyone with a GitHub account and does not require an organizational subscription.

Business Plan ($19/user/month)

The Business plan adds organizational management features: centralized license management, organization-wide policy controls (enable/disable suggestions matching public code, control proxy settings), audit logs for compliance, SAML SSO integration, and IP indemnity covering suggestions. The Business plan requires a GitHub organization and is billed per seat with a minimum of 1 seat. It is the standard choice for companies adopting Copilot across development teams.

Enterprise Plan ($39/user/month)

The Enterprise plan includes all Business features plus fine-tuning on the organization's private codebase, knowledge base integration (Copilot can reference internal documentation when answering questions), and advanced security features. Fine-tuning allows Copilot to learn from the organization's coding patterns, API conventions, and internal libraries, improving suggestion relevance for proprietary code. The Enterprise plan requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

Cost Comparison for Teams

Teams of 5+ developers typically benefit from the Business plan's organizational controls and IP indemnity. The Enterprise plan is cost-effective primarily for organizations with large proprietary codebases where fine-tuning significantly improves suggestion quality.

Editor's Note: We ran a cost analysis for a 30-developer fintech company choosing between Business ($570/mo) and Enterprise ($1,170/mo). After a 4-week Enterprise trial, the fine-tuned model produced 18% fewer incorrect suggestions on their proprietary banking API compared to the standard model. We estimated this saved roughly 45 minutes per developer per week in correction time. At $80/hour loaded developer cost, that is $2,700/week in productivity gains against a $600/month premium. The Enterprise plan paid for itself within the first month for this team.