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GitHub Copilot introduces per-token pricing for AI model usage across multiple providers, with costs varying by model and token type.
Hacker News · April 28, 2026
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- •GitHub Copilot now bills token consumption in AI credits (1 AI credit = $0.01 USD), with per-token rates shown for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI models. Input tokens, output tokens, and cached tokens are priced separately depending on the model.
- •Code completions and next edit suggestions remain unlimited for all paid Copilot plans. Copilot code review is billed in two ways: token consumption in AI credits, and agentic infrastructure (GitHub Actions minutes) on GitHub-hosted runners starting June 1, 2026.
- •Starting June 1, 2026, Copilot Pro and Copilot Pro+ annual subscribers will experience changes to model multipliers. For example, Claude Opus 4.5 multiplier changes from 3 to 15, and GPT-5.4 mini changes from 0.33 to 6.
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