GitHub removed the old copilot multipliers on a pricing page(docs.github.com)
3 pointsby adrianvi6 hours ago2 comments
  • curao_d_espanto5 hours ago
    Copilot Pro+ having 7000 "AI credits" monthly is insanely low considering that a single gpt5.4 request would use 250 credits (28 request per month), and 5.5/opus using 500 (and even more depeding on the output size!), which is even 14 request per month. I dont know if I am missing something but the business model they are pursuiting is based on that i can make 1 request a day/every two days of the month for a full 2h run of one prompt? So far the best combo I've found is just claude code + deepseek v4, copilot cli became even more unusable than claude pro subscription around January/February when with a single question and getaround of code depleted the 5h session limit.
    • adrianvi4 hours ago
      I'm not sure if your estimate is right. These summer months you will get 7000 AI credits (4000 from september, iirc). Each AI credit is 1 cent. Meaning, 100 AI credits = 1 $.

      Then they have a price table that is the official public API prices for the models, but converted to their AI credits.

      Currently, I'm averaging 15 credits (0.15 $) per request for some QnA questions with claude sonnet 4.6. It should be similar with gpt 5.4 (same output token price, similar input token price).

      I think with the current pricing you can do light work with normal models (10-20 code completions/day), but vibe coding, heavy usage or using bigger models is not viable anymore.

      It's hard to measure since I did not average my token expenditure per day.

  • adrianvi6 hours ago
    So, the day arrived when some users (annual billing Pro and Pro+) would see their usage bar fill faster. I checked today and they modified it so you can't see the original page.

    Unfortunately, nobody saved it on the wayback machine (I just did with today's page), but you can search "github copilot pricing multiplier" and still see on google images the cost increase x6 or x9 on some models.

    I am on an Enterprise plan so it's different for me: I pay the subscription and I get credits, but the token pricing is essentially the same as the public API pricing.

    I understand they needed to change it, but I don't like how they try to erase the old prices from the record.