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Note
Prepaid credit/debit cards are not accepted as a valid form of payment.
The supported payment methods for metered billing:
- Invoice – Managed accounts only
- Credit card – Unmanaged accounts, or as a nonrecurring method for managed accounts
- PayPal – Unmanaged accounts, or as a nonrecurring method for managed accounts
- Azure Subscription ID – Not available for personal accounts
- Automated Clearing House (ACH) – Managed accounts only
Accounts with volume licenses and metered billing can use multiple payment methods.
- For unmanaged accounts, you might pay for volume licenses with a credit card or PayPal, and metered usage with an Azure Subscription ID.
- For managed accounts, you might pay for volume licenses via invoice, and metered usage via Azure Subscription ID.
{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} standalone accounts, which traditionally used Azure Subscription IDs, can now also pay by credit card. Contact your {% data variables.product.github %} representative for details.
The following Azure subscription types cannot be used as a payment method for {% data variables.product.github %}:
| Quota ID | Offer number(s) |
|---|---|
FreeTrial_2014-09-01 |
MS-AZR-0044P |
AzureForStudents_2018-01-01 |
MS-AZR-0170P |
DreamSpark_2015-02-01 |
MS-AZR-0144P |
AzurePass_2014-09-01 |
MS-AZR-0120P, MS-AZR-0122P–MS-AZR-0125P, MS-AZR-0128P–MS-AZR-0130P |
PayAsYouGo_2014-09-01 |
MS-AZR-0017G |
{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
{% data variables.product.github %} provides usage-based billing for the following products.
- {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}, see AUTOTITLE
- {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}, see AUTOTITLE
- {% data variables.product.prodname_registry %}, see AUTOTITLE
- {% data variables.large_files.product_name_long %}, see AUTOTITLE
In addition, usage-based billing is available for the following licenses:
- {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}, see AUTOTITLE
- {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}, see AUTOTITLE
- {% data variables.product.prodname_GHAS %}, see AUTOTITLE
For information about controlling spending, see AUTOTITLE.
Note
Prepaid usage is not currently available for usage-based billing through Azure.
{% endif %}