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GitHub Copilot Pricing History (2022–2026)

Every price change, plan update, and restructure since GitHub Copilot launched — documented with dates, the actual amounts, and what it meant for existing subscribers.

Last verified April 20264 changes recordedMonitored weekly by BusinessToolsZone

Current pricing — verified April 2026

$10/month (Individual) · $19/user/month (Business) · $39/user/month (Enterprise)

Free tier available with limited monthly completions. Annual billing available. Some users included in GitHub plans.

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Complete pricing timeline

Date

Change

Oct 2021

Launch

GitHub Copilot launches in technical preview — free

GitHub Copilot launched as a free technical preview for a limited group of developers. Powered by OpenAI Codex, it offered inline code suggestions in VS Code.

Impact: Generated significant developer interest. Waitlist of hundreds of thousands of developers.

Jun 2022

New tier

Copilot becomes generally available at $10/month

After the technical preview, GitHub Copilot launched for general availability at $10/month or $100/year. Free for verified students, teachers, and open source maintainers.

Impact: First paid AI coding tool at meaningful scale. Set the price anchor for the category.

Feb 2023

New tier

Copilot Business launched at $19/user/month

A business-focused tier launched with organisational policy controls, audit logs, and no training on customer code. Enterprise features at a significant premium over individual.

Impact: First enterprise-grade AI coding tool. Enabled corporate IT departments to deploy Copilot at scale with compliance features.

Feb 2024

New tier

Copilot Enterprise launched at $39/user/month

Enterprise tier launched with deeper GitHub integration — PR review assistance, repository-aware suggestions, and GitHub.com integration.

Impact: Three-tier structure established: Individual ($10), Business ($19), Enterprise ($39).

Jan 2026

Free tier

Free tier launched with limited completions

GitHub introduced a free Copilot tier with limited monthly completions, competing directly with Codeium's permanently free offering.

Impact: Reduced the barrier to trying Copilot. Makes the $10/month Individual plan harder to justify for light users.

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GitHub Copilot's stable pricing

Unlike most AI tools in our database, GitHub Copilot has not raised prices since its June 2022 general availability launch. The $10/month Individual price has remained constant for nearly four years while the underlying AI capabilities improved significantly.

The pattern GitHub has followed: add higher-tier plans (Business, Enterprise) to capture enterprise willingness to pay, rather than increasing the core individual price. This is the same approach OpenAI and Anthropic have taken with their AI assistant products.

Current value assessment

GitHub Copilot Individual at $10/month is well-priced relative to alternatives. The free tier launched in January 2026 addresses the evaluation problem. For enterprise users, the Business and Enterprise tiers provide compliance features that justify the premium. See our full review for the Cursor comparison.

The January 2026 free tier launch was a direct response to Codeium's permanently free offering, which had been taking market share among individual developers and students. The response suggests GitHub sees the individual tier as strategically important even at the cost of some paid conversions.

Frequently asked questions

Has GitHub Copilot ever raised its price?

No — the Individual plan has remained at $10/month since June 2022. GitHub has added higher tiers rather than increasing the core price.

Is GitHub Copilot free for students?

Yes — verified students and teachers get GitHub Copilot free through the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Open source maintainers also qualify for free access.

What's the difference between Copilot Business and Individual?

Business ($19/user/month) adds: organisational policy controls, audit logs, no training on your code by default, and IP indemnification. Individual ($10) has none of these enterprise features.