GitHub pricing for 50 seats: real monthly and yearly cost
At 50 seats on the Team tier with annual billing, GitHub costs $200 per month, or $2,400 per year. Higher tiers and monthly billing change the math; the full per-tier breakdown is below.
50 GitHub seats is the size where the Team vs Enterprise question is really a question about SSO, audit logs, and Copilot. Team at $4 per user per month is sufficient for a 50-developer codebase mechanically, but most 50-dev orgs already have a SOC 2 customer pushing them to SAML SSO, which is Enterprise-only.
Per-tier cost at 50 seats
These figures use the official published per-seat price and multiply by 50. Custom-quote tiers are flagged; usage and add-on costs are not included.
Recommended tier for a 50-person team
Team is the cheapest tier with a real published per-seat price, landing at $200 per month for 50 seats on annual billing.
Move to Enterprise once any of three triggers fires: a customer-driven SSO requirement, regulated-industry audit logging, or a fleet-wide Copilot Business rollout. With none of those, Team holds up well past 50 seats.
What is not in the 50-seat math
- Copilot, Advanced Security, Codespaces, Actions minutes, Packages storage, and premium support are add-ons or usage.
GitHub at 50 seats: buyer notes
Model developer seats plus Copilot and security attach rate.
Alternatives at 50 seats
Same developer platform category, computed at the same team size on each tool's cheapest published per-seat tier with annual billing.
No per-seat alternatives in the same category were found in our pricing database.
Sources
Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.
Frequently asked questions
How much does GitHub cost for 50 seats per month?
At 50 seats on the Team tier with annual billing, GitHub runs $200 per month, or $2,400 per year. Monthly billing typically adds 15 to 25 percent on top.
What is NOT included in the GitHub price for 50 seats?
Copilot, Advanced Security, Codespaces, Actions minutes, Packages storage, and premium support are add-ons or usage.
How much does Copilot Business add to a 50-seat GitHub Enterprise deal?
Copilot Business is $19 per user per month on top of the GitHub seat. A 50-developer fleet on Enterprise Cloud plus Copilot Business runs roughly $21 + $19 = $40 per user per month with annual billing, or about $24,000 per year all-in. Many orgs roll out Copilot to only 60 to 80 percent of developers initially to test adoption before committing the full fleet.
What are the closest GitHub alternatives at 50 seats?
GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps are the alternatives most procurement teams shortlist when they compare GitHub at this team size.