Ars Technica

GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage

GitHub has announced that it will be shifting to a usage-based billing model for its GitHub Copilot AI service starting on June 1. The move is pitched as a way to “better align pricing with actual ...
ZDNet

GitHub Copilot shifts to usage-based pricing June 1 - why that's no surprise

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Visual Studio Magazine

Devs Sound Off on Usage-Based Copilot Pricing Change: 'You Will Get Less, but Pay the Same Price'

GitHub Copilot plans will move to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, replacing Premium Request Units (PRUs) with GitHub AI Credits tied to token consumption. Base plan prices are unchanged, but ...
techtimes

GitHub Copilot Pricing Change Drives Backlash: Agentic Bills Jump 10x to 50x for Power Users

Token-based billing for GitHub Copilot went live today, and 4.7 million paid subscribers woke up to a fundamentally different product than the one they paid for yesterday. The new GitHub AI Credits ...
techtimes

GitHub Copilot Billing Shock Confirmed: Agentic Users Face 10x Cost Surge

June 30, 2026 is not just a calendar date — it is the close of GitHub Copilot's first complete 30-day token billing cycle, and for millions of developers who built their workflows around the ...