Let’s talk numbers. A standard developer costs a company roughly $150,000 to $250,000 per year (salary+benefits+overhead). The GitHub Copilot Enterprise new pricing is roughly $468 per year per developer.
GitHub’s own research (based on the new Enterprise data) suggests a 55% increase in coding speed for general tasks. However, the Enterprise version specifically targets the "ramp-up time" of new hires. github copilot enterprise new
Estimated Savings: If the Enterprise version reduces ramp-up time by just 2 weeks annually, that is roughly $6,000 in recovered productivity per developer. At $468 per seat, the ROI is roughly 12x. Let’s talk numbers
Don't just measure lines of code. Measure PR Merge Time. The new Enterprise version is designed to unblock reviews, not just write functions. Track the time from "Open PR" to "Merge" before and after deployment. Estimated Savings: If the Enterprise version reduces ramp-up
Scenario: A developer is writing a service to handle user authentication.