The enhanced billing platform provides better spending control and detailed usage insights with granular controls.
Available products
The following products are available in the enhanced billing platform:
- GitHub Actions
- GitHub Advanced Security (only available with a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud)
- GitHub Codespaces
- GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Enterprise
- GitHub Packages
- Git Large File Storage
Note
There is a delay of up to 2 hours in the GitHub Advanced Security usage data on the "Overview" page after enabling the feature.
Key functionalities
With the enhanced billing platform, you can:
- Estimate spending: Understand where your (annual, monthly, etc.) spending is trending based on the usage across costs 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 know if I can access the enhanced billing platform?
You have access to the enhanced billing platform if you have an enterprise account, or if you are part of an organization owned by an enterprise account, created after June 2, 2024. Enterprises that participated in the beta program also have access to the enhanced billing platform. To check if you have access:
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In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your enterprises.
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In the list of enterprises, click the enterprise you want to view.
If you have access, there will be a Billing & Licensing option in the enterprise account sidebar.
Next steps
- To get started with the enhanced billing plaform, see "Getting started with the enhanced billing platform."