GitHub Copilot Just Killed Flat-Rate AI Coding. Here's What It Means for Your Team.

On April 27, 2026, GitHub announced that all Copilot plans are moving to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026 . The flat "premium request" model is dead. Welcome to per-token pricing for AI coding assistants. If you're a solo developer, this might not change much. If you run an engineering team, you need to read this carefully — because your AI bill is about to become unpredictable in ways it wasn't before. Here's what's actually changing, why it's happening, and what you should do this month. Wh