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GitHub Enterprise combines advanced technology with a secure development environment, integrating automated security tools like GitHub Advanced Security to help developers identify and fix vulnerabilities seamlessly within their workflow.
The platform streamlines the entire development lifecycle, offering features such as GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation, GitHub Projects for effective collaboration, and GitHub Codespaces for preconfigured development environments, all designed to enhance team productivity.
By centralizing governance and compliance, GitHub Enterprise allows organizations to enforce policies and manage multiple teams efficiently, while providing flexibility in data residency options to meet specific security and compliance needs.
Free: $0 per user/month
Team: $4 per user/month
Enterprise: Starting at $21 per user/month
Consider switching to GitLab: GitLab offers similar features with a focus on integrated CI/CD and DevOps capabilities.
GitHub Enterprise starts at $21 per user/month. This is the base platform price covering Enterprise Cloud (hosted by GitHub) or Enterprise Server (self-hosted). However, the true cost depends on add-ons: adding Copilot Business brings the total to $40 per user/month ($21 + $19), and Copilot Enterprise brings it to $60 per user/month ($21 + $39). GitHub Advanced Security adds further cost per active committer (contact sales for exact pricing). GitHub also offers Free ($0) and Team ($4 per user/month) plans for smaller teams that don't need enterprise governance features. A 30-day free trial includes Enterprise, Copilot, and Advanced Security with no credit card required.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud is GitHub's hosted SaaS solution — GitHub manages the infrastructure, updates, and scaling. It includes data residency options (choosing the Azure region where your code is stored), Enterprise Managed Users, and all the latest features. Enterprise Server is a self-hosted deployment you run on your own infrastructure, giving you full control over the server environment. Both are priced at $21 per user/month for the software license, though Server requires additional infrastructure costs. GitHub Connect can link a Server instance with Enterprise Cloud for a hybrid approach. Note that GitHub Copilot is not currently available for Enterprise Server.
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant that provides code completions, chat, agent mode, and automated coding tasks directly in your IDE. It is a separate add-on, not included in any GitHub plan. Copilot Business costs $19 per user/month and includes centralized management, policy controls, IP indemnity, and a guarantee that code and prompts are never used for model training. Copilot Enterprise costs $39 per user/month (requires Enterprise Cloud) and adds codebase indexing across your organization's repositories, custom models, pull request summaries, and context-aware chat that references all project repos. Premium requests beyond monthly allocations cost $0.04 each.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud includes SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports issued annually, FedRAMP Tailored Authority to Operate (ATO) for US federal government compliance, SAML single sign-on with SCIM user provisioning, Enterprise Managed Users controlled through your identity provider, advanced audit logging with API access, IP allow lists, and data residency on Microsoft Azure. For deeper application security, GitHub Advanced Security adds CodeQL semantic code analysis, secret scanning with push protection, Copilot Autofix for AI-generated vulnerability fixes, and security campaigns — available as a separate add-on priced per active committer.
GitHub Enterprise starts at $21 per user/month but treats key capabilities as paid add-ons: Copilot ($19–$39 per user/month), Advanced Security (per committer), and Premium Support are all separate. GitLab's Ultimate tier bundles security scanning, CI/CD, and compliance features into a single price. GitHub's advantage is its ecosystem — 180+ million developers, the largest open-source community, deeper AI integration with Copilot, and the GitHub Marketplace. GitLab's advantage is a single-platform approach with all features included. GitHub leads in AI-assisted development with Copilot and in community familiarity, while GitLab may offer lower total cost of ownership when security and advanced CI/CD are required for all users.
GitHub Enterprise includes 50,000 CI/CD minutes per month via GitHub Actions (free for public repositories). For comparison, the Free plan includes 2,000 minutes and Team includes 3,000 minutes. Minutes are consumed differently by runner type: Linux jobs use minutes 1:1, Windows jobs at 2x, and macOS jobs at 10x the actual runtime. GitHub reduced hosted runner prices by up to 39% in January 2026. Additional minutes can be purchased beyond the included allocation. For teams with heavy CI/CD workloads, Actions minutes overages typically add 5–15% to the base license cost.
Yes. GitHub offers a 30-day free trial that includes GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Copilot, and GitHub Advanced Security bundled together, with no credit card required. The trial provides full access to enterprise features including SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, Enterprise Managed Users, audit logging, repository rulesets, 50,000 Actions minutes, and 50 GB Packages storage. After the trial, you can convert to a paid plan or downgrade to Free or Team.
GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) is not included in the Enterprise base price — it is a separate add-on available exclusively to Enterprise customers. GHAS embeds security directly into the pull request workflow with CodeQL semantic code scanning, secret scanning with push protection (blocks commits containing secrets before they're pushed), Copilot Autofix (AI-generated code fixes for vulnerabilities covering 90% of alert types in JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, and Python), dependency review, and security campaigns for systematically reducing security debt. GHAS is billed per unique active committer — any contributor who has committed to a GHAS-enabled private repository in the last 90 days counts. Contact GitHub sales for pricing.
Yes. GitHub Enterprise Cloud holds FedRAMP Tailored Authority to Operate (ATO) for US federal government compliance, SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications, and supports SAML SSO with SCIM provisioning for identity management. Data residency allows organizations to choose the Microsoft Azure region where their code and in-scope data are stored at rest. Enterprise Server provides full self-hosted control for air-gapped or highly regulated environments. GitHub is used by organizations across government, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing — the Enterprise page highlights customers including Ford, American Airlines, KPMG, and Stripe.