Metered or usage-based billing options

The supported payment methods for metered billing:

• Invoice – Managed accounts only
• Credit card – Unmanaged accounts, or as a nonrecurring method for managed accounts
• PayPal – Unmanaged accounts, or as a nonrecurring method for managed accounts
• Azure Subscription ID – Not available for personal accounts
• Automated Clearing House (ACH) – Managed accounts only

Accounts with volume licenses and metered billing can use multiple payment methods.

• For unmanaged accounts, you might pay for volume licenses with a credit card or PayPal, and metered usage with an Azure Subscription ID.
• For managed accounts, you might pay for volume licenses via invoice, and metered usage via Azure Subscription ID.

Copilot standalone accounts, which traditionally used Azure Subscription IDs, can now also pay by credit card. Contact your GitHub representative for details.

Usage-based billing availability

GitHub provides usage-based billing for the following products.

• GitHub Actions, seeGitHub Actions billing
• GitHub Codespaces, seeGitHub Codespaces billing
• GitHub Packages, seeGitHub Packages billing
• Git Large File Storage, seeGit Large File Storage billing

In addition, usage-based billing is available for the following licenses:

• GitHub Enterprise, seeBilling for GitHub Enterprise
• GitHub Copilot, seeGitHub Copilot licenses
• GitHub Advanced Security, seeGitHub Advanced Security license billing

For information about controlling spending, seeSetting up budgets to control spending on metered products.