Upgrading your GitHub subscription

Upgrading your personal account's subscription

You can upgrade your personal account from GitHub Free to GitHub Pro to get 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 & plans.
3. Next to "Current plan", click Upgrade.
4. Under "Pro" on the "Compare plans" page, click Upgrade to Pro.
5. Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.
6. Optionally, to see your plan's details, click Show details.
7. Under "Payment method", choose to pay with a credit card or PayPal.
8. Complete the payment information form, then click Submit.
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 from GitHub Free for an 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 upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
2. In the settings sidebar, click Organizations.
3. Next to the organization, click Settings.
4. If you're an organization owner, in the left sidebar, click Billing & plans.
5. Click Upgrade next to "Current plan".
6. Under "Compare plans", you can compare the features of each plan. Depending on your current plan and what plan you have chosen, click either Upgrade to Team or Upgrade to Enterprise.
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 "Payment method", choose to pay with a credit card or PayPal.
10. Complete the payment information form, then click Submit.
11. Optionally, if your organization is owned by a business or institution, select This account is owned by a business.
12. If your organization is owned by a business or institution, type the name of the 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 set up identity and access management for your organization. For more information, see "Managing SAML single sign-on for your organization."

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 GitHub Team organization's private repositories, you can purchase more seats anytime.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
2. In the settings sidebar, click Organizations.
3. Next to the organization, click Settings.
4. If you're an organization owner, in the left sidebar, click Billing & plans.
5. Use the Edit drop-down and 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 upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
2. In the settings sidebar, click Organizations.
3. Next to the organization, click Settings.
4. If you're an organization owner, in the left sidebar, click Billing & plans.
5. To the right of your plan name, use the Edit drop-down menu, and select Edit plan.
6. To the right of "Advanced tools for teams", click Upgrade now.
7. Under "Compare plans", you can compare the features of each plan. Depending on your current plan and what plan you have chosen, click either Upgrade to Team or Upgrade to Enterprise.
8. Under "Upgrade summary", choose whether you want to pay monthly or yearly.
9. Optionally, if your organization is owned by a business or institution, select This account is owned by a business.
10. If your organization is owned by a business or institution, type the name of the business or institution.
11. 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.

Further reading

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