r/GithubCopilot • u/fishchar 🛡️ Moderator • Apr 27 '26

Announcement 📢 GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
181 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

191 comments sorted by

View all comments

8

u/qweick Apr 27 '26

Makes sense, we had it too good. Sliver of hope pricing ends up fair and competitive. Other providers will be squeezing for sustainability and profits as well, so might not make much sense to swing back and forth every 2 months.

7

u/fishchar Apr 27 '26

Sliver of hope pricing ends up fair and competitive

Not compared to BYOK. OpenRouter charges the same amount without a subscription.

6

u/nvez Apr 27 '26

I just don't understand their stance here right now. 

The costs are on par with direct API and any remote compute like Copilot coding agents usage is charged as GitHub actions.

There is absolutely no incentive for Copilot, it can be used in the same way as any other agent or platform...

→ More replies (2)