GitHub Restructures Enterprise Pricing to Variable Model, Introducing Tiered Options Starting at $21/user/month
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of GitHub's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Enterprise pricing changed from '$21/user/month' to 'Starting at $21/user/month' suggesting variable pricing model or tiered Enterprise options; Data residency feature added to Enterprise plan - allows choosing regional cloud deployment (EU with additional regions coming soon). Pulse files it as a packaging change (packaging change, feature added). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 15, 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.
GitHub's previous recorded change was "GitHub Removes First-Year Promotional Discount for Team and Enterprise Plans, Increasing Costs for New Users" (Q2 2024). 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.
- RewordedEnterprisePackaging
Before$21/user/month
AfterStarting at $21/user/month
- AddedEnterpriseFeatureNot listedData residency feature
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Packaging | $21/user/month | Starting at $21/user/month | Reworded |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Data residency feature | Added |
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 Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "$21/user/month" becomes "Starting at $21/user/month".
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GitHub, pricing history
Full history- Q3 2025PackagingGitHub Renames Protected Branches to Repository Rules with Expanded Scope and Corrects Git LFS Pricing to $5/month for 50 GB
- 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 2024PackagingGitHub Restructures Enterprise Pricing to Variable Model, Introducing Tiered Options Starting at $21/user/month This change
- Q2 2024PackagingGitHub Removes First-Year Promotional Discount for Team and Enterprise Plans, Increasing Costs for New Users
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
- GitLabNov 2GitLab launches Orbit add-on with pay-per-query packs for Premium, Ultimate
- GitLabOct 31GitLab: Advanced Capacity add-on priced at $12,000/year for higher API limits
- GitLabOct 30GitLab launches Orbit add-on, a context graph sold as query packs
Questions about this change
Did GitHub raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: packaging change, feature added.
What changed on GitHub's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Enterprise packaging: $21/user/month → Starting at $21/user/month, reworded; Enterprise feature added: Data residency feature. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; 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; the previous change was "GitHub Removes First-Year Promotional Discount for Team and Enterprise Plans, Increasing Costs for New Users" in Q2 2024; GitHub has been tracked since 2023-11-14.