usage based billing

Microsoft’s GitHub is putting a hard date on a major pricing reset for GitHub Copilot: on June 1, 2026, every Copilot plan will move from premium request counting to usage-based billing built around GitHub AI Credits. The shift keeps headline subscription prices intact, but it changes what those...

Microsoft’s GitHub is ending the era of Copilot’s AI buffet and moving all Copilot plans to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, a shift that turns generative coding from a mostly predictable subscription into a metered compute service. The change replaces premium request units with GitHub AI...