AI Credits
A usage-based billing unit adopted by GitHub Copilot beginning in June 2026, in which consumption is converted according to each model's published API rates.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Starting June 1, 2026, most Copilot plans are billed in AI Credits at each model's published API rates.
Plane Agents runs on AI credits already included in each paid plan, rather than as a separately paid add-on.
The AI Credits system is the mainstream solution in the SaaS industry for handling the cost uncertainty of large model API calls, as token usage varies enormously with task complexity, making per-use or flat-rate pricing difficult.
The GitHub Copilot team uses AI Credits as a normalized cost metric, weighting and converting multiple dimensions such as different model types, input/output token counts, and API call volumes into a single comparable figure.
All Facts (4)
Starting June 1, 2026, most Copilot plans are billed in AI Credits at each model's published API rates.
50%UnverifiedPlane Agents runs on AI credits already included in each paid plan, rather than as a separately paid add-on.
50%UnverifiedThe AI Credits system is the mainstream solution in the SaaS industry for handling the cost uncertainty of large model API calls, as token usage varies enormously with task complexity, making per-use or flat-rate pricing difficult.
50%UnverifiedThe GitHub Copilot team uses AI Credits as a normalized cost metric, weighting and converting multiple dimensions such as different model types, input/output token counts, and API call volumes into a single comparable figure.
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