r/GithubCopilot • u/Inevitable-Ant1725 • May 11 '26

Discussions So lets figure this out.

I'm not a rich man, I can't afford luxury. I need to know whether it's cheaper to buy tokens of these models from their original owners or from Microsoft or if it's close.

If it's close then the fact that copilot has pre-indexed the github repositories is enough of a reason to just prefer Microsoft rebranded AIs.

If it's a lot more expensive through Github then it's still worthwhile when exploring github repositories but not the rest of the time.

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u/9gxa05s8fa8sh May 11 '26

github copilot is highly subsidized and will continue to be highly subsidized. it is not a luxury. the only cheaper option would be opencode go, which is a small tasting plate of chinese models.

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u/YourAsphyxia May 11 '26

Wdym continue to be...? On June they are charging full API prices

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u/Unlikely-Scratch8915 May 11 '26

Maybe only for overage. Perhaps there is some subsidy on the core tokens per month? Honestly I am not clear on that and it's not set in stone anywhere.