Copilot billing cycle

Learn about the billing cycle for GitHub Copilot in organizations and enterprises.

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Billing cycle basics

  • The billing cycle for Copilot in organizations and enterprises is monthly.
  • Charges are calculated based on the number of Copilot seats (licenses) assigned during the billing cycle.

When does billing occur?

Billed users are calculated once per month, at the end of each billing cycle, based on the number of Copilot seats that are assigned. You can add or remove seats at any time during the billing cycle.

For reference information about seat assignment, see Copilot seat assignment.

Note that GitHub may apply a temporary authorization hold for the value of the usage-based costs in advance, which will appear as a pending charge in your account's payment method.

GitHub Copilot uses UTC but aligns charges with your billing cycle’s timezone. For example, if your cycle ends at 11:59 PM EST, canceling a seat at 7:00 PM EST will show as 12:00 AM UTC, but you won’t be charged for that seat in the next cycle.