gotnerfed · index of recordfiled · 2025-04-04 · receipt #github-copilot-2025-04-pro-plus-launch

RECEIPT#GITH-2025-04-TAcalm

GitHub Copilot·IDE code completion + chat·scored0nerf/ 100

GitHub launches Copilot Pro+ at $39/mo with 1,500 premium requests

On April 4, 2025 GitHub introduced Copilot Pro+, a $39/mo individual tier offering 1,500 premium requests per month, GPT-4.5 access, and priority preview features - 4x the price of standard Copilot Pro at $10/mo.

Filed: 2025-04-04
Observed: 2025-04-04
Response window: UNCONTESTED · DAY 30
Jurisdiction: MIT · public

§ 01THE CHANGEBEFORE → AFTER · IDE CODE COMPLETION + CHAT

− BEFORE · REMOVED2025-04-04

Pro $10/mo was the only individual tier above Free

$10.00/mo·PRO - INDIVIDUAL TIER·active since 2022-06-21

+ AFTER · CURRENT2025-04-04

Pro $10/mo + Pro+ $39/mo (1,500 premium requests, all models)

$39.00/mo·PRO+ - 1,500 PREMIUM REQ/MO·tier added 2025-04-04

WAS$10 / mo - Pro individual ceiling

→

NOW
$39 / mo - Pro+ individual ceiling - +$348 / yr

3.9xNEW INDIVIDUAL TIER CEILING

PREDICTED IMPACT · EST.LOW CONFIDENCE

USER IMPACTSmall subsetof users on edge configurations

12-MO FINANCIAL DAMAGENegligible direct costsoft friction only

CHURN PRESSURE · 30Dsettledvendor reversed course; trust partially restored

Estimate based on the receipt's Nerf Index (0 / 100), the severity flag, and the kind of change (tier added). How we estimate ↗

§ 02PANEL VERDICT0 OF 3 HARMFUL

PANEL RULING · INDEX OF RECORD

FOUNDBENIGN★ ALL CLEAR

VOTES0 / 3·AVG20 / 100·SPREAD±9·RUBRICsealed

0120

0216

0325

01claude-haiku-4-5MIXED· sealed rubric

Optional tier expansion without removing anything from Pro $10; later harm only materializes via the 2026 usage-based billing shift.

20/ 100

benignsevere

02gpt-5-nanoMIXED· sealed rubric

Tier addition is consumer-friendly when lower tier is preserved unchanged.

16/ 100

benignsevere

03gemini-2-5-flashMIXED· sealed rubric

Pro+ created the headline anchor that later usage-based billing changes preserved while reducing effective output.

25/ 100

benignsevere

Each model graded independently behind a sealed rubric. Verdicts are immutable and Brier-scored against subsequent reality - a public model-accuracy leaderboard, on us. Read the rubric ↗

§ 03VENDOR RESPONSE WINDOWCLOSED · UNCONTESTED

GitHub Copilot · response window UNCONTESTEDUNCONTESTED

FILED2025-04-04

MARKED UNCONTESTED2025-05-04

NOW · DAY 451

GitHub Copilot did not respond inside the 30-day window. This receipt now reads as uncontested in the public record.

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§ 04EVIDENCE TRAIL2 SOURCES

CONTEXT · NARRATIVEfiled by gotnerfed · 2025-04-04

GitHub announced Pro+ as a new individual tier above Copilot Pro.

GitHub announced Pro+ as a new individual tier above Copilot Pro. The announcement noted premium requests would 'go live on May 5th.' Pro+ later played a central role in the broader Copilot billing-model shift announced in 2026 - by retaining the $39/mo headline while moving the underlying allowance to credit-metered AI Credits.

DETECTED2025-04-04KINDTIER ADDEDSEVERITYINFOSOURCES2VENDOR REPLYNONE

PRIMARY SOURCES · CHRONOLOGICAL02 / 02

DOC

GitHub Changelog: Announcing Copilot Pro+ ↗Source · github.blog

GitHub Copilot plans page ↗GitHub

§ 05NEXT STEP · ESCAPE POD4 RANKED ALTS

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