--- title: "What GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Means for Zed Users — Zed's Blog" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-github-copilot-s-usage-based-billing-means-for-zed-users-zed-s-blog-nphaufvzx source_url: https://zed.dev/blog/github-copilot-usage-based-billing type: article source: "Zed" published: 2026-05-31T19:34:56.177Z updated: 2026-06-08T19:21:32.359Z tags: ["github", "ai-assisted-development", "zed"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 29 comments: 5 language: 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. # What GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Means for Zed Users — Zed's Blog **[Zed](https://daily.dev/sources/zed)** · 2 min read · 29 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary GitHub is switching Copilot Chat from request-based billing to token-based billing using GitHub AI Credits. This change affects Zed users who use Copilot Chat for agent turns, inline assists, commit-message generation, tool calls, and subagent work. Code completions and Next Edit suggestions (edit predictions) are not affected. Users can preview their estimated costs via a GitHub usage report. Zed users who want to avoid the new pricing can switch to alternative model providers, including ChatGPT, OpenCode, custom API keys, or local models. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@andrewma** · 2 upvotes > Autocomplete is free, but thinking costs **@bob\_marley\_556** · 1 upvotes > when you will provide claude to co pilot **@khauma** · 0 upvotes > Good thing I use Big Pickle ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [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 · 114 upvotes · 9 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-assisted-development](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-assisted-development), [#zed](https://daily.dev/tags/zed) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-github-copilot-s-usage-based-billing-means-for-zed-users-zed-s-blog-nphaufvzx)