Explore GitHub Copilot plans and their associated management and customization features

  • 5 minutes

GitHub enables developers and organizations to maximize their potential by prioritizing security, privacy, compliance, and transparency as we develop, iterate, and innovate GitHub Copilot.

Every developer and organization has specific needs. That's why GitHub Copilot has several pricing plans.

In this unit, you learn about:

  • The management policies and customization features for GitHub Copilot Individual, Business, and Enterprise.
  • Key security and privacy factors to consider when you're selecting a plan.

Management policy features

Feature Individual Business Enterprise
Public code filter ✅ ✅ ✅
User management ❌ ✅ ✅
Data excluded from training by default ❌ ✅ ✅
Enterprise-grade security ❌ ✅ ✅
IP indemnity ❌ ✅ ✅
Content exclusions ❌ ✅ ✅
SAML SSO authentication ❌ ✅ ✅
Require GitHub Enterprise Cloud ❌ ❌ ✅
Usage metrics ❌ ✅ ✅

Customization features

Feature Individual Business Enterprise
Tailor chat conversations to your private codebase ❌ ❌ ✅
Unlimited integrations with Copilot Extensions (public beta) ✅ ✅ ✅
Build a private extension for internal tooling (public beta) ✅ ✅ ✅
Attach knowledge bases to chat for organizational context ❌ ❌ ✅

When you're selecting a GitHub Copilot pricing plan, you and your organization should consider these key factors:

  • Data privacy and security: The plans offer varying levels of data privacy and security measures. For instance, GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise are the only plans that provide more robust privacy controls. These controls include the ability to exclude specific files from GitHub Copilot analysis, access detailed audit logs, and provide IP indemnity.
  • Policy management: The ability to manage Copilot policies at an organizational level is crucial. Business and Enterprise plans allow for comprehensive policy management, to help ensure that sensitive data is handled according to the organization's privacy policies.
  • Data collection and retention: Understanding how data is collected and retained is essential for compliance with data privacy regulations. Individual subscribers can choose whether GitHub collects and retains their prompts and Copilot suggestions.
  • IP indemnity and data privacy: For businesses and enterprises, IP indemnity and data privacy are critical to avoiding legal, security, and customer issues. Evaluating the need for these features can help determine the most suitable pricing plan for your business.

In the next unit, we'll go over the contractual protections in GitHub Copilot and disabling matching public code.