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GitHub pauses self-serve purchases of Copilot Business and Enterprise

GitHub Copilot pricing

GitHub paused new self-serve purchases of Copilot Business ($19/user/mo) and Enterprise ($39/user/mo) on April 22, 2026; new org customers must now contact sales while self-serve is said to be reopening soon.

Before

Copilot Business ($19 USD/user/mo) and Copilot Enterprise ($39 USD/user/mo) were purchasable self-serve, alongside a sales-assisted path for larger deployments.

After

New self-serve purchases of Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise are paused, including self-serve trials. GitHub's docs and the Copilot for Business marketing page direct new organization customers to 'Contact sales'; list prices ($19 / $39 per user/month) and existing subscriptions are unaffected.

GitHub’s “Plans for GitHub Copilot” documentation now carries an “Important” notice stating that on April 22, 2026 — two days after individual Pro/Pro+/Max/student sign-ups were paused, and five days before the GitHub AI Credits migration was announced — new self-serve purchases of Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise were also paused. As of this check (captured 2026-08-27), the docs still describe self-serve sign-ups for customers paying by credit card or PayPal as “reopening soon,” and self-serve trials remain paused. The Copilot for Business marketing page reflects the same state: its calls to action are “View plans & pricing” and “Contact sales,” with no self-serve purchase flow visible. This is a distribution change, not a price change — Business and Enterprise list prices are unchanged at $19 and $39 per user/month.

From GitHub Copilot's pricing timeline
Self-serve purchases of Business and Enterprise paused

Two days after pausing individual sign-ups, GitHub also paused new self-serve purchases of Copilot Business ($19/user/mo) and Copilot Enterprise ($39/user/mo), including self-serve trials; new organization customers are directed to 'Contact sales.' List prices and existing subscriptions were unaffected. Unlike the individual pause, which lifted on 2026-06-29, this one was still in effect at the most recent check (2026-08-27) — over four months after GitHub's docs first described it as 'reopening soon.'

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GitHub Copilot pricing history

  1. Jun 2026
    Self-serve sign-ups reopen on every individual tier
  2. Jun 2026
    GitHub AI Credits replace premium requests
  3. Apr 2026
    Usage-based-billing migration announced
  4. Apr 2026
    Self-serve purchases of Business and Enterprise paused
  5. Apr 2026
    New individual sign-ups paused
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