GitHub Copilot moves to token billing June 1 — agentic sessions jumping from $29 to $750+/month
GitHub Copilot migrated all plans to usage-based billing on June 1, priced at API rates per token — developers running heavy agentic sessions are reporting monthly costs jumping from $29 to over $750, or from $50 to over $3,000. New user-level spending budgets are now generally available in org settings, so admins can set per-user limits before agentic usage runs past the included monthly allowance.
Source: github.blog ↗
After you consume your included AI Credits, you can continue to spend additional AI Credits and be billed at the end of the month by setting an additional spending budget.
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Why this matters
- → Agentic workflows now cost 25× more under token-based pricing.
- → Organizations gain spend controls to prevent bill shock.
- → Copilot usage model fundamentally shifts from fixed to variable cost.
Token pricing shock