Upgrading your GitHub subscription

In this guide

• Upgrading your personal account's subscription

• Upgrading your organization's subscription

  • Next steps for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud
• Adding seats to your organization
• Switching your organization from per-repository to per-user pricing
• Troubleshooting a 500 error when upgrading

Upgrading your personal account's subscription

You can upgrade your personal account from GitHub Free to GitHub Pro to get unlimited collaborators and advanced code review tools on private repositories. For more information, see "GitHub's products."

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

   

2. In your user settings sidebar, click Billing.

   

3. Under "Your subscription", next to "GitHub Free", click Upgrade.

   

4. Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.

   

5. Optionally, to see your plan's details, click Show details.

   

6. Under "Billing information", click Add a payment method.

   

7. Under "Pay with", choose to pay with a credit card or PayPal.

   

8. Follow the prompts to complete the payment information form, then click Update credit card or Save PayPal account.

9. 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 subscription

You can upgrade your 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. For more information, see "GitHub's products."

Only organization members with the owner or billing manager role can access or change billing settings for your organization.

1. In the top right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your profile.

   

2. On the left side of your profile page, under "Organizations", click the icon for your organization.

   

3. Under your organization name, click Settings.

   

4. In your organization's Settings sidebar, click Billing.

   

5. Under "Your subscriptions", click Upgrade options.

   

6. If you're upgrading from GitHub Team for Open Source, under "Upgrading to", select a product.

   

7. Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.

   

8. Optionally, to see your plan's details, click Show details.

   

9. Under "Billing information", click Add a payment method.

   

10. Under "Pay with", choose to pay with a credit card or PayPal.

    

11. Follow the prompts to complete the payment information form, then click Update credit card or Save PayPal account.

12. Select whether the organization belongs to your personal account or a business or institution.

    

13. 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

If you upgraded your organization to GitHub Enterprise Cloud, you can now set up identity and access management for your organization. For more information, see "Managing member identity and access in your organization with SAML SSO."

If you'd like to use an enterprise account with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, contact GitHub's Sales team. For more information, see "About enterprise accounts."

Adding seats to your organization

If you'd like additional users to have access to your organization's private repositories, you can purchase more seats anytime.

1. In the top right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your profile.

   

2. On the left side of your profile page, under "Organizations", click the icon for your organization.

   

3. Under your organization name, click Settings.

   

4. In your organization's Settings sidebar, click Billing.

   

5. Under "Your subscriptions", click Add seats.

   

6. Under "Add seats", type the number of seats you'd like to add.

   

7. Click Add seats.

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. For more information, see "About per-user pricing."

1. In the top right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your profile.

   

2. On the left side of your profile page, under "Organizations", click the icon for your organization.

   

3. Under your organization name, click Settings.

   

4. In your organization's Settings sidebar, click Billing.

   

5. Under "Plan", click Upgrade.

   

6. If you're upgrading from GitHub Team for Open Source, under "Upgrading to", select a product.

   

7. Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.

   

8. Select whether the organization belongs to your personal account or a business or institution.

   

9. Review the information about the charge and your billing date, then click Upgrade my account or Upgrade my organization's account.

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 GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Further reading

• "GitHub's products"
• "How does upgrading or downgrading affect the billing process?"
• "About billing on GitHub."