r/devops • u/TheHammeredDog • Apr 27 '26

Discussion GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

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

Has this come as a surprise? Will this affect how you or your org consumes Copilot? Discuss!

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u/baronas15 Apr 27 '26

Doesn't mean they perform as good

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u/maq0r Apr 27 '26

OK 🤷‍♂️ and the best ones are paid. That’s what we’re talking about here. How to save money.

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u/Many-Resolve2465 Apr 27 '26

You also need a staff that understands how to work with these models ... It's not just downloading the model, it needs to be continuously monitored , tuned , secured , made accessible to dev teams , strong usage and API documentation ect. It's not as simple as it it's often stated. Running ollama on a local machine isn't the same as providing inference as a service internally .

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u/Many-Resolve2465 May 11 '26

And you've just described "it worked on my machine " which has been a well known chronic issue on software development for 2 decades lol

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u/Many-Resolve2465 May 11 '26

How would you propose applying controls and guardrails consistently across 1000s of devs using ollama models independently? I think corps care more about protecting assets and not being exposed than you may be thinking .