GitHub Copilot CLI

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Open source no BYOK ? Sub-agents yes MCP client

Headless Cap strictness Monthly credit pool ~$20 plan cap_risk low

Plans and limits

Plan	Price /mo	Limits	Source
Free	$0	Limited; auto model selection only; 2,000 completions/mo	source 2026-10-20
Pro	$10	1,500 AI credits/mo (1 credit = $0.01), resets on the 1st (UTC); no premium models	source 2026-10-20
Pro+	$39	7,000 AI credits/mo; premium models	source 2026-10-20
Max	$100	20,000 AI credits/mo; premium models	source 2026-10-20

Multi-vendor (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi)

2026-10-19 [model]

Copilot deprecates Gemini 3.7 Flash, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5 mini and Grok 4.5 (announced Sep 18). source
2026-10-15 [model]

Copilot will retire Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra on Nov 16 (Opus 4.8 stays for individual annual plans). source
2026-10-13 [model]

Gemini 4 Argon added to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise at provider list price; not on Pro. source
2026-10-02 [model]

Copilot retires Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code and Claude Opus 4.7. source
2026-10-01 [price]

Business and Enterprise seats paid by card/PayPal now charged upfront; prices unchanged. source
2026-06-01 [price]

Usage-based billing (GitHub AI Credits) live on all Copilot plans; Copilot Max launched as an upgrade. source

As of 2026-06-01 new individual sign-ups were paused; current sign-up status not verified.
2026-10-21: the plans page no longer lists Chat among the features that consume GitHub AI Credits (it now lists agent mode, code review, Copilot in the cloud, Copilot CLI and Copilot app). Not yet confirmed by a GitHub changelog post.