--- title: Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app | daily.dev description: GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app. Copilot spend can now be managed directly in GitHub billing settings, which offers a more complete view... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/retiring-the-copilot-billing-preview-app-69vok8rw4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app | daily.dev og:description: GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app. Copilot spend can now be managed directly in GitHub billing settings, which offers a more complete view... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/retiring-the-copilot-billing-preview-app-69vok8rw4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/69VOK8RW4.png og:image:alt: Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 1 min read · 84 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app. Copilot spend can now be managed directly in GitHub billing settings, which offers a more complete view including user-level budgets, cost centers, and usage pool allocation. Users can view AI usage, set spending budgets, access user-level budget controls for organizations and enterprises, and pull raw usage data via usage reports and the billing API. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I check my GitHub Copilot usage now that the Billing Preview app is gone? You manage and review Copilot spend directly in GitHub billing settings instead of the retired Billing Preview app. The AI usage page lets you group, filter, and export AI credit data, set budgets to cap spend, track user-level budgets for organizations and enterprises, and pull raw usage data via usage reports or the billing API. _Track platform changes like this billing shift alongside your other tool updates on daily.dev._ ### Is the GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app still available? No, GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app and it is no longer available. It was originally introduced to help users understand their bill during the move to usage-based billing, but GitHub billing settings now provide a more complete view, including cost centers and usage pool allocation that the app's reports could not show. _Developers relying on Copilot billing tools can follow deprecation notices like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dragonifr** · 2 upvotes > dont see why there was an app i like the new system much better **@agustinbarrientos** · 1 upvotes > My first check would be the user-level budget controls. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3](https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-billing-preview-app-will-be-retired-on-august-3-kh6nmeudq) · GitHub Changelog · 8 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Copilot Is changing how it bills you](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-is-changing-how-it-bills-you-6znuyxy2w) · The Art of Simplicity · 113 upvotes · 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