$15/month of GitHub AI Credits ($10 base + $5 flex); completions unlimited.
- Price
- $10/mo
- Billing
- per month
- Window
- monthly allowance
- Overflow
- Additional AI Credits at $0.01 each with a paid-usage budget.
Capacity figures
| Figure | Value | Kind | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly credits (API-$) | $15 | official | GitHub Copilot plans page |
| Weekly equivalent (API-$) | $3.46 | derived | $15 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 ProHigh confidence
Runs dry Monday.
Likely hits the weekly cap on Monday (range: Monday to Tuesday).
- Mon (Monday) StormLikely hits the weekly cap $7.20$1.92–$22.40 Suggested off-day
- Tue (Tuesday) StormPast the weekly cap $7.20$1.92–$22.40 Suggested off-day
- Wed (Wednesday) StormPast 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 $3.46 (official monthly $15 ÷ 4.33 weeks).
Off-days
No off-day plan helps: even your lightest working day uses more than the weekly cap on its own.
This plan is too small for this week. See the cheapest plan that fits below.
5-hour sessions
Monthly allowance: no 5-hour window to check.
At this pace the monthly allowance lasts about 0.42 weeks (likely case).
Overflow
About $32.54 over the cap (range $6.14–$108.54), 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 ProHigh confidence
Runs dry Monday.
Likely hits the weekly cap on Monday (range: Monday to Wednesday).
- Mon (Monday) StormLikely hits the weekly cap $6.56$1.68–$20.40 Suggested off-day
- Tue (Tuesday) StormPast the weekly cap $6.56$1.68–$20.40 Suggested off-day
- Wed (Wednesday) StormPast 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 $3.46 (official monthly $15 ÷ 4.33 weeks).
Off-days
No off-day plan helps: even your lightest working day uses more than the weekly cap on its own.
This plan is too small for this week. See the cheapest plan that fits below.
5-hour sessions
Monthly allowance: no 5-hour window to check.
At this pace the monthly allowance lasts about 0.46 weeks (likely case).
Overflow
About $29.34 over the cap (range $4.94–$98.54), 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