Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

by zorrn on 4/20/2026, 6:24:05 PM

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/changes-to-github-copilot-individual-plans/

Comments

by: hx8

I really dislike these AI middleman plans. The value-add that Microsoft brings to Github Copilot is near zero compared to directly buying from Anthropic or OpenAI, where 99% of the value is being delivered from. I don't understand why anyone would want to deal with Microsoft as a vendor if they don't have to. The short period of discounted usage was always the obvious rug pull.

4/21/2026, 10:45:07 PM

by: derkoe

They will also change the business and enterprise plans to token based: <a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/news-microsoft-to-shift-github-copilot-users-to-token-based-billing-reduce-rate-limits-2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wheresyoured.at/news-microsoft-to-shift-github-c...</a>

4/21/2026, 5:25:16 PM

by: alexaholic

I have a GitHub Pro subscription, renewed for the 2nd year, and I just found out I can no longer use Opus with it. Opus was one of the reasons I had a subscription in the first place.Opus 4.6 had a 3x multiplier in Pro. Now the new Opus 4.7 model has 7.5x in Pro+, which offers 5x more requests, but costs 4x more than Pro. So now Opus is essentially 2x the price it used to be.It’s likely that Sonnet 4.7 will be the new 3x model in Pro — <a href="https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/changes-to-github-copilot-individual-plans/" rel="nofollow">https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/changes-to-gi...</a>This whole thing is a massive asshole move, and probably illegal in all countries with a minimum set of consumer protections.

4/21/2026, 6:30:14 AM

by: davepeck

This thread is pretty quiet for what strikes me as a substantial set of changes with, presumably, more substantial changes still to come for anyone not grandfathered into a Pro plan.I get the impression that the intersection of HN posters and Copilot users is quite small in practice; that Claude Code and Codex suck up all the oxygen in this room. But it seems plausible we’ll see similar “true costs greatly exceed our current subscription pricing” from Anthropic and OpenAI someday soon…

4/20/2026, 8:00:41 PM

by: sornaensis

Good thing I had just finished migrating all of my workflows to OpenCode for the time being!It's a shame because the VsCode copilot experience is quite good out of the box compared to all of the other harnesses I've used. But with typical lack of transparency, and sudden, harsh changes... What are they thinking?After the restrictive rate limiting they've already instituted, I'm simply cancelling and continuing by using providers directly.

4/21/2026, 7:35:31 PM

by: NiloCK

So this is pretty devastating to my general workflows [1] right now, and poorly timed to boot, with no wind-down at all.It was clear (see the linked post from 70 days ago) that the current offering was unsustainable, but I'm a bit taken aback at how sharp the clawback is.[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938246">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938246</a>

4/21/2026, 11:40:31 PM

by: everfrustrated

This is quite the rug pull.I've been using the Pro+ with Opus 4.6 very successfully and being charged 3x rate was mostly acceptable.But removing Opus 4.6 and replacing with Opus 4.7 with a 7x rate is just insane!

4/20/2026, 6:48:50 PM

by: benwills

Yesterday, Opus 4.6 cost three credits. You can no longer use 4.6 or 4.5.Opus 4.7 is available today for 7.5 credits per prompt.They have also suspended new signups.After testing all of the major IDEs/tools that integrate with LLMs over the last four weeks, I was happy to settle on Copilot. I, and others, seem to be a lot confident in that decision. Especially since there seems to be no refund path for people who prepaid for a year.In my 30+ years online, I've never seen an industry change so much in terms of pricing, service levels, etc, as I have the last two months.I'm really curious where all of this lands, and if AI coding tools will be something that only a small percentage can genuinely afford at a competitive level.

4/21/2026, 12:36:33 AM

by: peteforde

So much for using my secondary Copilot plan with VSCode to hammer Opus 4.6 on a per-request basis.The joke is on them, though (maybe) because this also means that there's literally no reason to keep that account active.

4/21/2026, 11:26:23 PM

by: diath

I guess it makes more sense for me to just get Claude Pro instead. I was using my Copilot license only because of Opus 4.6 access as all other models seemed crippled in comparison in Copilot; does not even make sense to upgrade to Pro+ which goes from $10/mo to $40/mo and only gives you access to a model that has 7x the rate - 5x the limit at 7x the rate for 4x the price does not seem appealing at all.

4/20/2026, 7:05:53 PM

by: jjuliano

It's quite cheap at $10 at 1000 premium requests (1 request is like a plan mode + implementation + tests + commit & push). The only problem is I have already used it all, but was billed on the 3rd day of the month, and have to wait till next month to use it.

4/21/2026, 10:33:21 PM

by: WhiteDawn

I wouldn't mind this change that much if opus-4.7 worked properly in copilot cli. It keeps stopping mid-thought or task and forces me to waste more prompts for no observable reason.Looks like I'm ending my subscription, good (likely too good, no way my account was even remotely within profitable range) access to opus-4.6 was the only reason I used this at all.

4/20/2026, 6:54:56 PM

by: rectang

Welp. I already added a $20 Claude Pro subscription to complement my $10 Github Copilot Pro subscription and $10 DuckDuckGo Plus. That was partly to show support for Anthropic after the OpenAI/DOD episode, but also because I've been using Opus 4.5 exclusively with Copilot and I figured I should try Claude Code eventually.Now it's going to cost me an upgrade to $39 Github Pro+ to keep using Opus, and even then it's with much higher multipliers. I don't fully understand the extent to which this reflects actual costs for Opus versus Microsoft leveraging network effects to discourage the usage of a competitor.I didn't really want to wander outside of VSCode just yet because I was happy with VSCode/Copilot/Opus-4.5 and I don't want to spend all my time experimenting when stuff is changing so fast. But I guess my hand has been forced.

4/20/2026, 8:52:31 PM

by: 2001zhaozhao

Props to them for being transparent about it.

4/21/2026, 10:34:08 PM

by: K0IN

I consider migrating to claude, what a shame they dont have a github copilot plus like price tier.

4/21/2026, 2:14:45 PM

by: angrydev

This is some shit, coming with 0 notice at the start of a work week. My exposure to Claude is only via Copilot which has worked very well for my purposes. I didn't have to learn a ton for it to just start working. I guess I'll look into other options now as I really want to continue using Opus, but don't have a need to 4x my spend on Copilot quite yet.

4/21/2026, 9:25:31 PM

by: aleksiy123

I saw some Reddit rumours going around and locked myself into the yearly Pro+I guess overall probably was a good decision.But 7.5x as well as quota limits is pretty hard to swallow.The annoying thing about the quota limits is they make it really awkward to actually fully utilize the 1500 premium requests you are paying for.Like if you don’t plan working around the daily and weekly quotas you may not actually be able to utilize your full request allocation.Claude has the same issue. Single session blows through the quota.

4/20/2026, 7:43:12 PM

by: qaz_plm

Worst part is them doing this mid-billing cycle and not at the start of the next in 11 days. I cancelled and requested a refund.

4/20/2026, 9:29:22 PM

by: sovietmudkipz

I cannot describe how disappointing it is to be switching to this insane time limit window based pricing. I absolutely abhor that I'll be subjected to 5 hour chunks of time where I'll be limited at some point in that window of time, and be told I'll have to wait. And then there is a weekly limit.That's not how my creative energy works. I have time that I want to solve problems, and I want to solve them. I don't want a cooldown timer applied to solving a problem. Not to mention the anxiety of realizing that while I sleep I could have burned tokens in that time.I'm incredibly disappointed when I sat down to my hobbyist programming time and realized copilot was suddenly and dramatically changed in a way that is incredibly disheartening.Meter my token usage DON'T tell me when I can use them! ARGH.

4/21/2026, 12:59:32 AM

by: mtct88

I have a GitHub Copilot subscription and this really sucks.I subscribed two months ago, frustrated with Claude Code and their tight session limits.The Copilot offer was unbeatable 100 dollars for a 12 months plan, if I remember correctly.It was pretty clear they were losing money, but hey, it's Microsoft and they need customers, so a competitive push on pricing is expected.Let's see what these limits look like and I'll decide whether to cancel my subscription or not.Still a terrible move from them.

4/21/2026, 10:46:18 PM

by: hokkos

I cannot understand people still using anthropic models on copilot, when gpt 5.4 is better and 3 to 7 time cheaper. Anthropic quite obviously raised their licensing to the max. You probably can still have a taste of it for a few minutes before being limited on their own subscription.

4/20/2026, 10:09:55 PM

by: walthamstow

I'm not surprised at all. This was one of the most generous plans out there, offering frankly ridiculous pricing based on a single prompt regardless of turns taken or tokens used. I was subscribed for a month around Christmas and got a shitload of tokens out of Opus 4.5 for a measly $10.

4/20/2026, 10:11:56 PM

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4/20/2026, 6:49:32 PM

by: thecopy

I have Copilot Pro+ and discovered i cannot use Opus anymore today! Are we reaching the end of VC funded productivity?

4/21/2026, 6:56:48 AM

by: alexandra_au

It's quite telling, they've paused new signups because Microsoft doesn't have enough compute, and they moved Opus to only being accessible on a higher tier because Anthropic doesn't have enough compute either.They're all operating at a loss, enshittification is coming for us all.

4/21/2026, 8:43:51 AM

by: salkahfi

how is it possible to have 126 points and still 26 karma, is it voter ring or bots? @dang

4/21/2026, 9:52:45 PM

by: literallyroy

Removing access to opus is pretty funny. At least they recognize it’s unacceptable and tell you to go get a refund.The per-request model was pretty insane.

4/21/2026, 1:20:58 AM

by: p1necone

Damn it was good while it lasted, but it was obvious the previous per request pricing scheme was misaligned with their actual costs. MS's product people must be seriously detached from their technical and financial people for it to have even lasted this long (or they're willing to burn a lot of money for the typical "make customers happy and then rug pull" cycle, but hey, Hanlons razor).Given that they've already silently had session + weekly rate limits for the past couple weeks already at least (I've hit them), I wonder if this change is just making them visible to the user, or if it's actually tightening them too.If it's the former then I can say they're still significantly more generous than claude pro (on the pro+ plan), so this might be okay. If it's the latter, and the new limits are similar to claude pro then copilot is going to be significantly less useful to me.

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