Product brief · GitHub Copilot

AI for developers. Control for organizations.

Verified 02 Sep 2026Official facts separatedEra Cloud perspective

The enterprise value is not only model access. It is centralized licensing, policy, data governance, shared usage controls, and contractual protection for development teams.

$19Business · user / month

1,900Business AI credits · user / month

$39Enterprise · user / month

3,900Enterprise AI credits · user / month

Enterprise value

What an organization plan actually adds.

The practical difference appears in how the company governs access, data, cost, and legal exposure across the team.

Central license management

Assign and remove seats centrally, review adoption, and remove access when responsibilities change.

Organization-wide policy

Administrators can control Copilot features, available models, agents, MCP access, and spending policies.

Enterprise data terms

GitHub states that Business and Enterprise customer data is not used to train GitHub models.

Shared usage and protection

AI credits are pooled at the billing-entity level; eligible plans also include contractual IP indemnity subject to applicable terms.

Official capability comparison

Individual, Business, and Enterprise at a glance.

Prices and included AI credits reflect GitHub information checked on 2 September 2026. GitHub product terms remain authoritative.

Capability	Individual	Business	Enterprise
Primary scope	One developer	Teams and organizations	GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Price	Varies by personal plan	$19 / user / month	$39 / user / month
Included AI credits	Personal allocation	1,900 / user / month, pooled	3,900 / user / month, pooled
License and policy management	Personal settings	Organization controls	Enterprise controls
Business data used to train GitHub models	Individual privacy settings apply	No	No
Content exclusion policy	No organization policy	Available with limitations	Available with limitations
IP indemnity	No enterprise contract protection	Subject to contract conditions	Subject to contract conditions
Priority access to selected new models and features	No	No	Yes

Business or Enterprise

Choose by governance and usage—not by the word enterprise.

Business

For teams that need pooled credits and centralized control.

A practical starting point when the organization needs consistent licensing, policy, budget, content controls, and business data terms.

Enterprise

For GitHub Enterprise Cloud organizations with heavier AI demand.

Adds roughly twice the included AI credits, priority access to selected capabilities, and deeper organization-level context and customization.

Content exclusion is not a security boundary

Exclusions can reduce specified files entering supported Copilot contexts, but GitHub documents limitations for Copilot CLI, coding agent, and IDE Agent mode. Treat repository permissions, secret management, and access controls as the primary boundary.

Era Cloud selection view

Start with the control requirement.

For most organizations moving from individually reimbursed subscriptions, Business is the first plan to evaluate. Enterprise is justified when GitHub Enterprise Cloud, higher pooled usage, priority capabilities, or deeper organization context are concrete requirements. This is Era Cloud guidance, not a GitHub recommendation.

Official references

Verify commercial terms before procurement.

GitHub may change prices, included credits, limitations, and product availability. Review the current official pages and applicable agreement before purchase.

GitHub Copilot plans

github.com/features/copilot/plans

Copilot billing and AI credits

docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-copilot-licenses

Excluding content from GitHub Copilot

docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/configure-content-exclusion/exclude-content-from-copilot