GitHub Copilot free tier: quotas, limits and gotchas

GitHub Copilot Free Tier

Last verified: 2026-09-21

Models and quotas

Model	Quota	Window	Notes
Haiku 4.5	2,000 completions per month	Monthly	There are also models like GPT-5 mini available

Only 2,000 code completions per month, and does not support advanced features such as cloud agent and code review

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Plan	pricing	Description
Pro	US$10 / mo
Pro+	US$39 / mo
Max	US$100 / mo	New plan, including approximately US$200/month GitHub AI Credits
Business	US$19 / user / mo（5 user ≈ US$95/mo）	Each seat/month, new plan added; seat fee equivalent to monthly AI Credits quota (1:1, standard 1,900 points/seat); 10/25/50 seats have 5%/10%/15% bulk discounts (third-party source); promotion: official docs.github.com confirms that existing customers will automatically receive 3,000 points/seat AI Credits (originally standard 1,900 points) during the transition period from 2026-06-01 to 2026-09-01, with the deadline corrected from previously only knowing "August" to the specific date 2026-09-01, and was still in effect as of 2026-07-27.
Enterprise	US$39 / user / mo（5 user ≈ US$195/mo）	Per seat/month, a new plan is added; the seat fee is equivalent to the monthly AI Credits quota (1:1, standard 3,900 points/seat); promotion: according to the official docs.github.com, during the transition period from 2026-06-01 to 2026-09-01, existing customers automatically receive 7,000 points/seat AI Credits (originally standard 3,900 points), the deadline has been corrected from previously only knowing "August" to the specific date 2026-09-01, and was still in effect as of 2026-07-27

Checked 2026-09-21

Payment method:Available; after student certification, US$0 is the most cost-effective plan for Taiwanese students
Chinese support: none
Available platforms:web

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