India, May 19 -- Copilot is ditching the old "premium request" meter and switching to GitHub AI Credits. From June 1, every interaction is billed by tokens - input, output, even the bits cached in memory - at the same API rates Anthropic, OpenAI and Google charge GitHub.

The headline plan prices look unchanged. Copilot Pro+ is still USD 39 a month, Business is USD 19, Enterprise is USD 39. The catch? Each plan only includes that same dollar amount in AI Credits. Burn through your USD 19 by lunch on the 3rd, and the rest of the month is on your credit card.

GitHub's own admission: "Today, a quick chat question and a multi-hour autonomous coding session can cost the user the same amount. GitHub has absorbed much of the escalating inferenc...