Usage of GitHub Copilot is measured through a combination of licenses and monthly usage tracking. For more information about how usage costs in Copilot work, see GitHub Copilot premium requests.
Licenses for Copilot
Copilot licenses are required for each user who uses Copilot. Licenses are available through different plans depending on your account type.
| Account type | Options |
|---|---|
| Personal accounts |
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| Organizations | Copilot para empresas: 19 USD per user per month (billed monthly). |
| Enterprises | Choose Copilot para empresas or Copilot para empresas, or mix them across organizations. Both are billed monthly, pricing varies. |
Nota:
Si tienes un plan de Copilot Pro o Copilot Pro+ activo y, después, se te asigna un puesto como parte de un plan de Copilot para empresas o Copilot para empresas, tu plan personal de Copilot se cancelará automáticamente. Recibirás un reembolso prorrateado por la parte restante del período de facturación actual del plan personal. Después, podrás seguir usando Copilot según las directivas establecidas por la empresa.
Free use of Copilot
There are several ways to use Copilot for free.
Copilot Free
- Provides limited access to Copilot features at no cost.
- Includes a monthly allowance of completions and premium requests.
- Intended for individual use only (not suitable for organizations or enterprises).
- For usage beyond the free plan limits, upgrade to Copilot Pro.
30-day trial for Copilot Pro
- Before starting a paid plan for a personal account, you can activate a one-time 30-day trial. Start using Copilot Free.
- You must choose a monthly or yearly billing cycle and provide a payment method.
- If you do not cancel before the end of the trial, it automatically converts to a paid plan.
- You can cancel any time during the 30 days. If you cancel, you will not be charged and will keep access until the trial ends.
Educational and open source benefits
- Copilot Pro is free for verified students, teachers, and maintainers of popular open source projects. See Obtener acceso gratuito a GitHub Copilot Pro como estudiante, profesor o mantenedor.
How usage of Copilot licenses is measured
Usage of Copilot licenses is measured by the number of seats used.
Personal accounts
- You choose monthly or yearly billing.
- Plan changes (upgrades, downgrades, or switching between monthly and yearly) take effect immediately, with proration applied where relevant.
- Canceling a monthly plan keeps access until the end of the cycle; yearly plans run until the end of the paid term.
For details on billing and proration, see Acerca de la facturación para planes individuales de GitHub Copilot.
Organizations and enterprises
- A seat is a license for one user.
- Organizations and enterprises are billed for the number of assigned seats at the end of each monthly billing cycle.
- If a user has seats in multiple organizations within the same enterprise, the enterprise is only billed once per cycle.
- If both a Copilot para empresas and a Copilot para empresas seat are assigned, only the enterprise seat is billed.
For more information about seat assignment, see Asignación de puestos de GitHub Copilot.
Using more than your plan's included seats
Individual plans are tied to a single account and can’t include additional seats. To license multiple users, upgrade to an organizational plan.
For organizations and enterprises:
- You can assign additional Copilot seats at any time.
- Additional seats are billed immediately on a prorated basis for the rest of the current billing cycle.
- Assigned users gain access to Copilot features right away.
For details about how added seats are billed, see Realización de cambios en la licencia de GitHub Copilot.
Paying for Copilot licenses
You pay for additional licenses using the payment method set up for your GitHub account. See Administración de la información de facturación y pago.
Managing your budget for Copilot licenses
To help manage your budget for Copilot licenses, consider the following strategies.
Personal accounts
- You can set budgets for your personal account to receive email alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% of the budget.
- Budgets help you monitor spending but do not stop license charges.
For more information about using budgets to control spending, see Configuración de presupuestos para controlar el gasto en productos medidos.
Organizations and enterprises
- Owners and billing managers can set budgets at the organization or enterprise level, or by cost center.
- Budgets for licenses are monitoring-only: spending can exceed the budget, but alerts notify you when thresholds are reached.
- Use cost centers to track spending across teams or initiatives.
For more information about managing company spending, see Administración de los gastos de tu empresa en GitHub Copilot.