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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?

The new billing platform is now fully rolled out to all enterprises and their organizations. For more details, see the GitHub blog.

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

Available products

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

Organizations on GitHub Team or GitHub Free

  • GitHub Actions
  • GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Code Security (only available with GitHub Team)
  • GitHub Codespaces
  • GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Packages
  • Git Large File Storage

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

  • GitHub Actions
  • GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Code Security
  • GitHub Codespaces
  • GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • GitHub Packages
  • Git Large File Storage

Note

When you enable GitHub Secret Protection or GitHub Code Security, there is a delay of up to two hours before the change is shown in the usage data on the "Billing & Licensing" tab.

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 cost centers and 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.
  • Charge business units: Improve accountability by creating and assigning organizations, repositories, and members to cost centers.
  • 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 access the new billing platform?

  1. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo.
  2. Depending on your environment, click Your enterprise, or click Your enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.
  3. At the top of the page, click Billing & Licensing.

If you have questions, please contact GitHub Support.