Updated April 2026
GitHub Copilot Enterprise Plan:
$39/Seat/Month - Features, Requirements, Total Cost (2026)
Copilot Enterprise is $39/seat - but it requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud at $21/seat. Most pages show only $39. The real cost for new customers is $60/user/month.
True Enterprise Cost
If your org already pays for GitHub Enterprise Cloud, your incremental Copilot cost is $39/seat.
What Enterprise Adds Over Business
| Feature | Business ($19) | Enterprise ($39+) |
|---|---|---|
| Premium requests/seat/month | 300 | 1,000 |
| Knowledge bases (codebase indexing) | ✗ | ✓ |
| GitHub.com Chat (in PR/issues context) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom fine-tuned models | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO/SCIM via external IdP | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full audit log API | Basic only | Full API access |
| IP indemnity | ✓ | ✓ |
| Org policy management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code excluded from training | ✓ | ✓ |
Enterprise Features Explained
Knowledge Bases
Index your organisation's repositories. When developers ask Copilot a question, it searches your actual codebase for context. Ask 'how does our auth service work?' and get an answer based on your code. Invaluable for large monorepos and organisations with internal frameworks not found in public datasets.
GitHub.com Chat
Chat with Copilot directly in pull requests and issues on GitHub.com. Ask 'explain these changes' in a PR, 'summarise this issue thread', or 'search our codebase for how we handle retries'. Keeps context in the review workflow rather than switching to an IDE.
Custom Fine-Tuned Models
Train GitHub's code completion model on your private codebase. Suggestions match your team's naming conventions, architectural patterns, and internal library usage. Most valuable for organisations with 100,000+ lines of code and strong, non-standard coding conventions.
SSO/SCIM via External IdP
Provision and deprovision Copilot access via Azure Active Directory, Okta, Google Workspace, or other SAML/SCIM providers. When a developer leaves, access is revoked automatically. Required for SOC2 and ISO 27001 compliance in most audit frameworks.
Who Should Consider Enterprise
Regulated industries
Finance, healthcare, legal, government. SSO/SCIM and full audit logs are often required for SOC2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, or HIPAA compliance frameworks.
Large engineering orgs (200+ engineers)
Knowledge bases pay off when the codebase is large enough that even senior engineers cannot know every module. Meaningful time savings on onboarding and cross-team questions.
Orgs with internal frameworks
Custom models trained on your proprietary code generate suggestions that match your internal DSLs, APIs, and conventions. Reduces suggestion rejection rates significantly.
See the Enterprise bundle cost breakdown for detailed pricing at scale with the $21 GitHub Enterprise Cloud requirement.