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About GitHub Copilot for Business

With GitHub Copilot for Business you can manage access to GitHub Copilot for your organization or enterprise.

GitHub Copilot can be managed through personal accounts with GitHub Copilot for Individuals or through organization or enterprise accounts with GitHub Copilot for Business.

About GitHub Copilot for Business

GitHub Copilot is a new AI-powered code completion tool that helps developers write code faster. GitHub Copilot is available through GitHub personal accounts with GitHub Copilot for Individuals or through organization or enterprise accounts with GitHub Copilot for Business.

With Copilot for Business, you can manage access to GitHub Copilot for organizations within your enterprise. Once you grant an organization access to GitHub Copilot, the administrators of that organization can grant access to individuals and teams. For more information, see "Configuring GitHub Copilot settings in your organization."

Note: Copilot for Business does not retain any telemetry or Code Snippets Data.

Understanding the differences between Copilot for Business and Copilot for Individuals

Copilot for IndividualsCopilot for Business
Pricing$10 per month/$100 per year$19 per user per month
Types of GitHub accountsPersonal accountsOrganization or enterprise accounts
Telemetry
Blocks suggestions matching public code
Plugs right into your editor
Offers multi-line function suggestions
Organization-wide policy management
VPN Proxy support via self-signed certificates [1]

[1] For more information, see "Configuring GitHub Copilot in your environment" for VS Code and "Configuring GitHub Copilot in your environment" for JetBrains IDEs.

Enabling and setting up Copilot for Business

To use Copilot for Business, you need to set up a subscription for your organization or enterprise account. For more information, see "Managing your GitHub Copilot subscription for your organization or enterprise."

After setting up a subscription, you can enable GitHub Copilot for organizations within your enterprise. For more information, see "Enabling and setting up GitHub Copilot for Business."

About billing for Copilot for Business

Copilot for Business subscriptions are billed monthly, based on the number of GitHub Copilot seats assigned to users within your organization or enterprise. For more information, see "About billing for GitHub Copilot."