GitHub Copilot switches to token-based billing in June 2026

THE DECODER / 4/28/2026

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Key Points

  • GitHub will switch GitHub Copilot’s billing from premium request counts to token-based billing starting June 1, 2026.
  • Users will be charged based on actual token usage rather than a request-based metric.
  • This change is likely to affect how developers forecast costs and how organizations budget for Copilot depending on their coding patterns.
  • The move may provide a billing model that better aligns expenses with the consumption of underlying model resources.

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Starting June 1, 2026, GitHub will charge Copilot users based on actual usage instead of premium request counts.

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