Copilot billing changed: what AI Credits actually cover
GitHub published a clarifying post today explaining what Copilot plans include after the billing change. Copilot now bills chat and agentic work at listed model rates via AI Credits. Code completions and Next Edit Suggestions stay included in paid plans.
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Developers keep asking, Copilot or raw API access? GitHub just answered the question today.
Copilot now bills chat and agentic work at listed model rates. Code completions and Next Edit Suggestions stay included in paid plans.
On five benchmarks, Copilot matched raw model harnesses while using fewer tokens. It supports over twenty models.
Raw API is for products and systems you own. Copilot is for software development in editors, repos, and pull requests.
Bring Your Own Key is in public preview across Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google AI Studio, Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, and xAI.
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Every claim in this video comes from the top ranking coverage of this topic. The claims and where each one came from:
- Copilot bills chat and agentic work at listed model rates; completions and Next Edit Suggestions remain included.(GitHub Blog — Andrea Griffiths)
- Copilot reached task-resolution parity while using fewer tokens across SWE-bench Verified, SWE-bench Pro, SkillsBench, TerminalBench, and Win-Hill; supports more than twenty models.(GitHub Blog — Andrea Griffiths)
- BYOK is in public preview for Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google AI Studio, Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, OpenAI-compatible providers, and xAI.(GitHub Blog — Andrea Griffiths)