{"meta":{"title":"Concepts for GitHub billing","intro":"Learn the core concepts that you'll need to understand how to pay for your GitHub plan and the features you use.","product":"Billing and payments","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing","title":"Billing and payments"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts","title":"Concepts"}],"documentType":"category"},"body":"# Concepts for GitHub billing\n\nLearn the core concepts that you'll need to understand how to pay for your GitHub plan and the features you use.\n\n## Links\n\n* [Billing cycles](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/billing-cycles)\n\n  Learn about the billing cycles for self-serve, Azure, and invoiced payment methods.\n\n* [Budgets and alerts](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/budgets-and-alerts)\n\n  Budgets help you track and control spending on different products.\n\n* [Cost centers](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/cost-centers)\n\n  Attribute spending to specific parts of your business.\n\n* [Azure subscription payments](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/azure-subscriptions)\n\n  Learn about paying for metered usage of GitHub plans, licenses, and usage with an Azure subscription.\n\n* [Impact of changing your plan on billing](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/impact-of-plan-changes)\n\n  Learn how upgrading or downgrading your plan is reflected in billing.\n\n* [Discounted plans for GitHub accounts](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/discounted-plans)\n\n  GitHub provides discounts to students, educators, educational institutions, nonprofits, and libraries.\n\n* [Enterprise billing](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/enterprise-billing)\n\n  Understanding the concepts used in billing for the GitHub Enterprise plan.\n\n* [Product billing](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/product-billing)\n\n  Learn how product costs are calculated if you exceed the usage included in your GitHub plan.\n\n* [Payments to third-parties using your GitHub account](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/billing/concepts/third-party-payments)\n\n  Learn how payments you choose to make to other developers on GitHub are billed, for example, sponsoring developers or buying apps from the marketplace."}