$70/month of GitHub AI Credits ($39 base + $31 flex); completions unlimited.
- Price
- $39/mo
- Billing
- per month
- Window
- monthly allowance
- Overflow
- Additional AI Credits at $0.01 each with a paid-usage budget.
Capacity figures
| Figure | Value | Kind | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly credits (API-$) | $70 | official | GitHub Copilot plans page |
| Weekly equivalent (API-$) | $16.17 | derived | $70 a month ÷ 4.33 weeks per month |
| Task cost factor (default model) | 0.8x | derived | Claude Opus 5.5 GitHub rate $4.00 per M input ÷ $5.00 reference; other models on the methodology page |
official: the vendor says so. measured: an independent meter reading. inferred: estimated from measurements. derived: computed by us from other figures. unverified: we could not confirm it.
Sample week: Copilot agent mode
1 hour of agent mode and 2 PR reviews every weekday.
ForecastGitHub Copilot Pro+High confidence
Runs dry Wednesday.
Likely hits the weekly cap on Wednesday (range: Monday to never).
- Mon (Monday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $7.20$1.92–$22.40
- Tue (Tuesday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $7.20$1.92–$22.40
- Wed (Wednesday) StormLikely hits the weekly cap $7.20$1.92–$22.40 Suggested off-day
- Thu (Thursday) StormPast the weekly cap $7.20$1.92–$22.40 Suggested off-day
- Fri (Friday) StormPast the weekly cap $7.20$1.92–$22.40 Suggested off-day
- Sat (Saturday) StormTank empty $0no API-$ work
- Sun (Sunday) StormTank empty $0no API-$ work
High case runs off the top of the chart.
Week total
- Low
- $9.60
- Likely
- $36
- High
- $112
API-$ equivalent against a weekly cap of $16.17 (official monthly $70 ÷ 4.33 weeks).
Off-days
Take Wednesday to Friday off (or move that work elsewhere) and the rest of the week fits in the likely case. We drop the heaviest days first.
5-hour sessions
Monthly allowance: no 5-hour window to check.
At this pace the monthly allowance lasts about 1.94 weeks (likely case).
Overflow
About $19.83 over the cap (range $0–$95.83), billed at API rates.
Additional AI Credits at $0.01 each with a paid-usage budget.
Sample week: Light coder
1 hour of agentic coding and 10 quick questions every weekday.
ForecastGitHub Copilot Pro+High confidence
Runs dry Wednesday.
Likely hits the weekly cap on Wednesday (range: Monday to never).
- Mon (Monday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $6.56$1.68–$20.40
- Tue (Tuesday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $6.56$1.68–$20.40
- Wed (Wednesday) StormLikely hits the weekly cap $6.56$1.68–$20.40 Suggested off-day
- Thu (Thursday) StormPast the weekly cap $6.56$1.68–$20.40 Suggested off-day
- Fri (Friday) StormPast the weekly cap $6.56$1.68–$20.40 Suggested off-day
- Sat (Saturday) StormTank empty $0no API-$ work
- Sun (Sunday) StormTank empty $0no API-$ work
High case runs off the top of the chart.
Week total
- Low
- $8.40
- Likely
- $32.80
- High
- $102
API-$ equivalent against a weekly cap of $16.17 (official monthly $70 ÷ 4.33 weeks).
Off-days
Take Wednesday to Friday off (or move that work elsewhere) and the rest of the week fits in the likely case. We drop the heaviest days first.
5-hour sessions
Monthly allowance: no 5-hour window to check.
At this pace the monthly allowance lasts about 2.13 weeks (likely case).
Overflow
About $16.63 over the cap (range $0–$85.83), billed at API rates.
Additional AI Credits at $0.01 each with a paid-usage budget.
Sources
- GitHub Copilot plans official re-verifiedchecked 2026-10-20
- GitHub blog: Copilot is moving to usage-based billing officialchecked 2026-10-20
- GitHub Docs: Models and pricing for GitHub Copilot (per-token rates in AI Credits) official re-verifiedchecked 2026-10-20