GitHub Removes First-Year Promotional Discount for Team and Enterprise Plans, Increasing Costs for New Users
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 captures of GitHub's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: First-year promotional discount removed for Team and Enterprise plans (Team was $3.67/user/month, Enterprise was $19.25/user/month for first 12 months with yearly billing). Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount removed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Team at $4, Enterprise at $21, GitHub Codespaces at $0.18 per core hour compute + $0.07 per GB storage and Git Large File Storage at $5.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for GitHub. GitHub has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitLab also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Team, Enterprise · DiscountRemoved
BeforeFirst-year promotional discount
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team, Enterprise | Discount | First-year promotional discount | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on GitHub's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of GitHub's pricing page (github.com) from Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where the First-year promotional discount no longer appears.
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GitHub, pricing history
Full history- Q2 2025packagingGitHub Removes Advanced Security from Enterprise Plan, Now Only Available as Add-on
- Q1 2025packagingGitHub Introduces Free Tier for Copilot Add-On: Up to 2,000 Completions and 50 Chat Requests Monthly
- Q4 2024improvedGitHub Restructures Enterprise Pricing to Variable Model, Introducing Tiered Options Starting at $21/user/month
- Q2 2024packagingGitHub Removes First-Year Promotional Discount for Team and Enterprise Plans, Increasing Costs for New Users · this change
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GitLabJan 10GitLab Reduces Ultimate Plan Trial Period from 60 to 30 Days, Impacting User Access
- GitLabJan 10GitLab Expands Ultimate Plan with Unlimited Guest User Access and Consolidates Security Features for Enhanced User Experience
- GitLabOct 16GitLab brings Secrets Manager to Self-Managed, Dedicated still pending
- GitLabSep 21GitLab: Flex billing FAQ overhauled — new usage-cap self-service, terms narrowed
- GitLabSep 18GitLab renames Flex 'per-use' credits to 'on-demand,' drops overage discounts
Questions about this change
Did GitHub raise prices in July 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount removed.
What changed on GitHub's pricing page between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024?
Team, Enterprise discount: First-year promotional discount → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does GitHub change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for GitHub in the 90 days before this one; GitHub has been tracked since 2023-11-14.