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Actions runner pricing: /en/billing/reference/actions-runner-pricing
Add sales tax certificate: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-payment/add-sales-tax-certificate
Ask the GitHub community: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions
Automate usage reporting: /en/billing/tutorials/automate-usage-reporting
Azure DevOps licenses: /en/billing/concepts/enterprise-billing/azure-devops-licenses
Azure billing: /en/billing/reference/azure-billing
Azure sub connection: /en/billing/how-tos/troubleshooting/azure-sub-connection
Azure subscription: /en/billing/reference/azure-subscription
Azure subscriptions: /en/billing/concepts/azure-subscriptions
Billing and payments: /en/billing
Billing cycles: /en/billing/concepts/billing-cycles
Billing for enterprises: /en/billing/concepts/enterprise-billing/billing-for-enterprises
Billing manager onboard: /en/billing/get-started/billing-manager-onboard
Billing reports: /en/billing/reference/billing-reports
Billing roles: /en/billing/reference/billing-roles
Blog: https://github.blog
Budgets and alerts: /en/billing/concepts/budgets-and-alerts
Buy Advanced Security: /en/billing/how-tos/products/buy-advanced-security
Cancel Marketplace app: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/cancel-marketplace-app
Cancel sponsorship: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/cancel-sponsorship
Cloud and local sandboxes: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/cloud-and-local-sandboxes
Combined enterprise use: /en/billing/concepts/enterprise-billing/combined-enterprise-use
Connect Azure sub: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-payment/connect-azure-sub
Contact support: https://support.github.com
Control costs at scale: /en/billing/tutorials/control-costs-at-scale
Cost center allocation: /en/billing/reference/cost-center-allocation
Cost centers: /en/billing/concepts/cost-centers
Create as CSP partner: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-for-client/create-as-csp-partner
Create client enterprise: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-for-client/create-client-enterprise
Create client org: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-for-client/create-client-org
Declined card: /en/billing/how-tos/troubleshooting/declined-card
Disable GHAS for enterprise: /en/billing/how-tos/products/disable-ghas-for-enterprise
Disabling or limiting GitHub Actions for your organization: /en/organizations/managing-organization-settings/disabling-or-limiting-github-actions-for-your-organization#managing-github-actions-permissions-for-your-organization
Discounted plans: /en/billing/concepts/discounted-plans
Downgrade Marketplace app: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/downgrade-marketplace-app
Downgrade plan: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/downgrade-plan
Downgrade sponsorship: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/downgrade-sponsorship
Download license use: /en/billing/how-tos/products/download-license-use
End sponsorship: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/end-sponsorship
Enterprise accounts: /en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/concepts/enterprise-fundamentals/enterprise-accounts
Enterprise license usage: /en/billing/how-tos/troubleshooting/enterprise-license-usage
Expert services: https://services.github.com
GHES license files: /en/billing/concepts/enterprise-billing/ghes-license-files
Gather insights: /en/billing/tutorials/gather-insights
Git LFS: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/git-lfs
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GitHub Code Quality: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-code-quality
GitHub Codespaces: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces
GitHub Copilot billing: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-copilot-billing
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GitHub Docs: /en
GitHub Marketplace apps: /en/billing/concepts/third-party-payments/github-marketplace-apps
GitHub Packages: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-packages
GitHub Spark: /en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-spark
GitHub Sponsors: /en/billing/concepts/third-party-payments/github-sponsors
GitHub Support portal: https://support.github.com
GitHub license users: /en/billing/reference/github-license-users
GitHub's plans: /en/get-started/learning-about-github/githubs-plans
Home: /en
How GitHub billing works: /en/billing/get-started/how-billing-works
How billing works: /en/billing/get-started/how-billing-works
How-tos: /en/billing/how-tos
Identity and access management fundamentals: /en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/concepts/identity-and-access-management/identity-and-access-management-fundamentals#authentication-through-githubcom-with-additional-saml-access-restriction
Impact of changing your plan on billing: /en/billing/concepts/impact-of-plan-changes
Impact of plan changes: /en/billing/concepts/impact-of-plan-changes
Introduction to billing: /en/billing/get-started/introduction-to-billing
Learn how to contribute: /contributing
License reports: /en/billing/reference/license-reports
Locked account: /en/billing/how-tos/troubleshooting/locked-account
Make a contribution: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/upgrade-plan.md
Manage GHAS licenses: /en/billing/how-tos/products/manage-ghas-licenses
Manage client org: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-for-client/manage-client-org
Manage enterprise invoice: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-payment/manage-enterprise-invoice
Manage payment info: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-payment/manage-payment-info
Manage pending changes: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/manage-pending-changes
Manage plan and licenses: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses
Manage user licenses: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/manage-user-licenses
Managing GitHub Actions settings for a repository: /en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/enabling-features-for-your-repository/managing-github-actions-settings-for-a-repository#managing-github-actions-permissions-for-your-repository
Managing user licenses for an organization or enterprise: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/manage-user-licenses
Monitor costs with soft budgets: /en/billing/tutorials/soft-budgets
Payments in India: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-payment/india-one-time-payments
People who consume a license in an organization: /en/billing/reference/github-license-users
Pricing: https://github.com/pricing
Privacy policy: /en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
Privacy: /en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
Product and SKU names: /en/billing/reference/product-and-sku-names
Product usage included: /en/billing/reference/product-usage-included
Redeem coupon: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-payment/redeem-coupon
Set up budgets: /en/billing/how-tos/set-up-budgets
Status: https://www.githubstatus.com/
Supported payment methods: /en/billing/reference/supported-payment-methods
Terms: /en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service
Upgrade Marketplace app: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/upgrade-marketplace-app
Upgrade plan: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/upgrade-plan
Upgrade sponsorship: /en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/upgrade-sponsorship
Usage-based licenses: /en/billing/concepts/enterprise-billing/usage-based-licenses
Use cost centers: /en/billing/how-tos/products/use-cost-centers
View and estimate spending: /en/billing/how-tos/products/estimate-spending
View enterprise usage: /en/billing/how-tos/manage-plan-and-licenses/view-enterprise-usage
View product/license use: /en/billing/how-tos/products/view-productlicense-use

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Upgrading your account's plan
You can upgrade the plan for a personal account or organization on GitHub at any time.
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Upgrading your personal account's plan
Upgrading your organization's plan
Troubleshooting a 500 error when upgrading
Switching your organization from per-repository to per-user pricing
Further reading
Upgrading your personal account's plan
You can upgrade your personal account from GitHub Free to GitHub Pro to get advanced code review tools on private repositories owned by your personal account.
Upgrading your personal account does not affect any organizations you may manage or repositories owned by those organizations. See
GitHub's plans
.
In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click
Settings
.
In the left sidebar, click
Billing & Licensing
, then click
Licensing
.
Next to "Current plan", click
Upgrade
.
Under "Pro" on the "Compare plans" page, click
Upgrade to Pro
.
Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.
Optionally, to see your plan's details, click
Show details
.
Under "Billing information", complete the form, then click
Save
.
Under "Payment method", choose to pay with a credit card or PayPal.
Complete the payment information form, then click
Submit
.
Review the information about the charge and your billing date, then click
Upgrade my account
or
Upgrade my organization's account
.
Upgrading your organization's plan
You can upgrade your organization from GitHub Free for an organization to GitHub Team to access advanced collaboration and management tools for teams, or upgrade your organization to GitHub Enterprise Cloud for additional security, compliance, and deployment controls.
Upgrading an organization does not affect your personal account or repositories owned by your personal account. For more information, see
GitHub's plans
.
Organization owners and billing managers can access or change billing settings for an organization.
In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click
Settings
.
In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click
Organizations
.
Select an organization by clicking on it.
Under your organization name, click
Settings
. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the
dropdown menu, then click
Settings
.
If you are an organization owner or billing manager, in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click
Billing and licensing
.
Click
Upgrade to Team
next to "Current plan".
Review the features of each plan, then, click either
Upgrade to Team
or
Upgrade to Enterprise
.
Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.
Optionally, to see your plan's details, click
Show details
.
Under "Payment method", choose to pay with a credit card or PayPal.
Complete the payment information form, then click
Submit
.
Optionally, if your organization is owned by a business or institution, select
This organization is owned by a business
.
If your organization is owned by a business or institution, under "Name of business or institution this organization belongs to", type the name of the business or institution.
Review the information about the charge and your billing date, then click
Upgrade my account
or
Upgrade my organization's account
.
Next steps for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud
As part of your upgrade to GitHub Enterprise Cloud, you set up an enterprise account. An enterprise account allows you to manage multiple organizations. Optionally, you can set up identity and access management for an individual organization or enterprise account. See
Enterprise accounts
and
Identity and access management fundamentals
in the GitHub Enterprise Cloud documentation.
If you currently use GitHub Enterprise Cloud with a single organization, we encourage you to create an enterprise account.
Note
If the organization has write permissions for GitHub Actions, you must manually set write permissions for the enterprise. For more information, see
Managing GitHub Actions settings for a repository
. For more information about managing organization-level permissions for GitHub Actions, see
Disabling or limiting GitHub Actions for your organization
.
Troubleshooting a 500 error when upgrading
If you receive a 500 error when trying to upgrade your account:
Try clearing your browser's cache, then resubmit your information.
Check to make sure you have entered your payment data correctly.
If that doesn't resolve the error, please contact us through the
GitHub Support portal
.
Switching your organization from per-repository to per-user pricing
If your organization is using a legacy per-repository billing plan, you can switch to per-user pricing at any time. You will not be able to switch back to repository pricing once you've upgraded to per-user pricing. See
People who consume a license in an organization
.
In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click
Settings
.
In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click
Organizations
.
Select an organization by clicking on it.
Under your organization name, click
Settings
. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the
dropdown menu, then click
Settings
.
If you are an organization owner or billing manager, in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click
Billing and licensing
.
To the right of your plan name, select the
Edit
dropdown menu, then click
Edit plan
.
To the right of "Advanced tools for teams", click
Upgrade now
.
Review the features of each plan, then, click either
Upgrade to Team
or
Upgrade to Enterprise
.
Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.
Optionally, if your organization is owned by a business or institution, select
This organization is owned by a business
.
If your organization is owned by a business or institution, under "Name of business or institution this organization belongs to", type the name of the business or institution.
Review the information about the charge and your billing date, then click
Upgrade my account
or
Upgrade my organization's account
.
Further reading
Managing user licenses for an organization or enterprise
GitHub's plans
Impact of changing your plan on billing
How GitHub billing works
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