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About the new billing platform

Learn about the billing platform's key functionalities, and how it can help you manage your spending more effectively.

Who can use this feature?

Outside of GitHub Enterprise Cloud, the enhanced billing platform is only available to:

  • Organization accounts on a GitHub Team plan created after November 13, 2024.
  • Organization accounts on a GitHub Free plan created after February 4, 2025.
  • Personal accounts (either on GitHub Free or GitHub Pro) created after February 13, 2025.

Beginning in February 2025, GitHub will migrate organizations on GitHub Team to the new billing platform. Organizations will receive notice 30 days before their migration.

For existing personal accounts created before February 13, 2025, GitHub will migrate personal accounts to the new billing platform in the future. You will receive a notice 30 days before migration.

The enhanced billing platform provides better spending control and detailed usage insights with granular controls.

Available products

The products shown in the enhanced billing platform are determined by your GitHub plan and subscriptions.

Personal accounts on GitHub Free or GitHub Pro

  • GitHub Actions
  • GitHub Codespaces
  • GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Packages
  • Git Large File Storage
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • GitHub Sponsors

Organizations on GitHub Team or GitHub Free

  • GitHub Actions
  • GitHub Codespaces
  • GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Packages
  • Git Large File Storage

Key functionalities

With the new billing platform, you can:

  • Estimate spending: Understand where your (annual, monthly, etc.) spending is trending based on the usage across budgets.
  • Gather insights and data: Generate usage reports to share with your team or stakeholders, and know if you're on track with your budget.
  • Prevent overspending: Use budgets and alerts to track and control your spending.
  • Observe and understand spending: Understand how your spending changes over time and across which products.

How do I know if I can access the new billing platform?

Outside of GitHub Enterprise Cloud, the enhanced billing platform is only available to:

  • Organization accounts on a GitHub Team plan created after November 13, 2024.
  • Organization accounts on a GitHub Free plan created after February 4, 2025.
  • Personal accounts (either on GitHub Free or GitHub Pro) created after February 13, 2025.

Beginning in February 2025, GitHub will migrate organizations on GitHub Team to the new billing platform. Organizations will receive notice 30 days before their migration.

For existing personal accounts created before February 13, 2025, GitHub will migrate personal accounts to the new billing platform in the future. You will receive a notice 30 days before migration.

Organization owners, billing managers, and personal account users can check for access to the enhanced platform:

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, select your profile photo.

    • For personal accounts, click Settings.
    • For organizations, click Your organizations, then next to the organization, click Settings.

If you have access, there will be a Billing & Licensing option in the sidebar. If you do not have access to the new, enhanced billing platform, to find out more about your billing platform, see About billing on GitHub.

Next steps