Renewing GitHub Copilot depends on whether the time saved by your developers outweighs the monthly seat cost. For an employee costing the company $100 per hour, the tool only needs to save between 6 and 60 minutes of work per month to break even, depending on your specific plan tier.
Since August 2026, pricing has remained stable across the Pro, Pro+, and Max tiers. Procurement should focus on verifying actual productivity gains and ensuring that teams are not locked into legacy annual plans that may lack access to current model updates or credit allotments.
Has the price changed?
| Date |
Plan |
Previous price |
New price |
| 2026-09-09 |
GitHub Copilot — Copilot for Enterprise |
Contact sales |
Contact sales |
| 2026-09-09 |
GitHub Copilot — Copilot for Business |
Contact sales |
Contact sales |
| 2026-08-29 |
GitHub Copilot — Pro+ |
$39 |
$39 |
| 2026-08-29 |
GitHub Copilot — Pro |
$10 |
$10 |
| 2026-08-29 |
GitHub Copilot — Max |
$100 |
$100 |
| 2026-08-11 |
GitHub Copilot — Free |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2026-08-07 |
GitHub Copilot — Free |
$0 |
$0 |
| 2026-08-02 |
GitHub Copilot — Free |
$0 |
$0 |
NetLift has monitored the official GitHub Copilot pricing page since 2026-09-09. 8 change(s) recorded so far.
Current verified prices
| Plan |
Price |
Billing |
Notes |
| GitHub Copilot — Pro |
$10 |
per seat / month |
Includes $10 base credits and $5 flex allotment totaling $15 monthly credits. |
| GitHub Copilot — Pro+ |
$39 |
per seat / month |
Includes $39 base credits and $31 flex allotment totaling $70 monthly credits. |
| GitHub Copilot — Max |
$100 |
per seat / month |
Includes $100 base credits and $100 flex allotment totaling $200 monthly credits. |
The renewal test: is each seat breaking even?
| Plan |
Price / seat / month |
Hours to break even at $50/h |
Hours to break even at $75/h |
Hours to break even at $100/h |
| GitHub Copilot — Pro |
$10 |
0.2 h |
0.1 h |
0.1 h |
| GitHub Copilot — Pro+ |
$39 |
0.8 h |
0.5 h |
0.4 h |
| GitHub Copilot — Max |
$100 |
2.0 h |
1.3 h |
1.0 h |
Break-even hours = seat price ÷ loaded hourly cost. Each seat pays for itself once it saves that much verified time per month.
Renewal scorecard
Score one point for each yes before you renew:
- Do you have verified time-saved data (not vendor claims) for this tool?
- Is the tool's net value positive after licences, review and rework?
- Are more than 70% of paid seats actively used?
- Is Evidence Quality at Moderate or better for this tool?
- Has the price stayed flat or fallen since you signed?
- Would the affected teams object if it was removed?
- Is there no cheaper verified alternative covering the same workflows?
- Is usage trending up over the last quarter?
7-8 = Expand or renew as-is. 5-6 = Continue, tighten seats. 3-4 = Review before renewal. 0-2 = Improve or Stop.
How do you calculate the break-even point?
To justify the renewal, compare the monthly seat price against the loaded hourly cost of your engineering team. On the Max plan at $100 per month, a developer costing the company $75 per hour needs to save 1.3 hours monthly to offset the license cost. If the verified saved time is lower than this threshold, the seat is not generating a positive net return.
What are you paying for in each tier?
Each plan level provides a different volume of base credits and flex allotments. The Pro plan includes a $15 total monthly credit, while the Max plan scales up to $200. When reviewing your renewal, check if teams are utilizing these allotments or if usage is trending down, which may indicate a need to consolidate seats or move to a lower tier.
Measuring the net return of AI adoption requires moving beyond vendor claims and into verified time-saved data. NetLift helps finance and IT leaders compare seat costs against actual time recovered, adjusted for the cost of manual review and rework. By tracking evidence quality and seat activity, you can determine if a renewal represents a high-value investment or an unnecessary expense.
Sources
All pricing on this page comes from official vendor pages: