{"slug": "github-copilots-usage-based-billing-is-live-heres-what-you-need-to-know", "title": "GitHub Copilot’s usage-based billing is live: Here’s what you need to know", "summary": "GitHub has officially retired Copilot’s premium request model and launched usage-based billing as of Monday, shifting how developers and organizations pay for the AI coding assistant. The change moves away from flat-rate pricing to a model that charges based on actual usage, impacting cost predictability for teams relying on the tool.", "body_md": "We knew it was coming, and as of Monday, it’s here. GitHub has officially retired Copilot’s premium request model and\n\nThe post GitHub Copilot’s usage-based billing is live: Here’s what you need to know appeared first on The New Stack.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilots-usage-based-billing-is-live-heres-what-you-need-to-know", "canonical_source": "https://thenewstack.io/github-copilot-token-billing/", "published_at": "2026-06-02 15:07:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-02 20:35:06.558434+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["GitHub", "Copilot", "The New Stack"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilots-usage-based-billing-is-live-heres-what-you-need-to-know", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilots-usage-based-billing-is-live-heres-what-you-need-to-know.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilots-usage-based-billing-is-live-heres-what-you-need-to-know.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilots-usage-based-billing-is-live-heres-what-you-need-to-know.jsonld"}}