GitHub Gradually Reopens Copilot Business and Enterprise Signups Under New Upfront Billing

GitHub began gradually reopening signups for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise for customers paying by credit card or PayPal, rolling out over roughly two weeks starting September 3, 2026.

Details

• New billing model: starting October 1, 2026, all seat assignments require upfront payment, applying to both new and existing customers on credit card or PayPal billing — other payment methods, such as invoice-based enterprise billing, are unaffected
• Overage handling: usage beyond included allowances incurs overage fees, and usage allowances may be prorated on a monthly basis
• Scope of the reopening: limited specifically to credit card and PayPal customers; the changelog doesn’t detail why signups were paused, though the timing lines up with GitHub’s broader billing overhaul announced in late August
• Re-subscribing customers: those who fully cancel and later resubscribe may go through updated vetting and be subject to the new billing terms

What happened next

The reopening follows directly from GitHub’s late-August announcement of policy and billing changes, putting the upfront-payment model into effect as signups resume — new Business and Enterprise customers joining now will do so under the October 1 billing terms from day one.