Answer
How do I reduce GitHub Enterprise costs?
Short answer
Deprovision inactive contributors quarterly, move read-only auditors to outside collaborators, and audit Copilot seat assignments monthly.
Details
GitHub Enterprise Cloud is $21/user/month. Copilot Business adds $19. A 200-dev org with 15% dormant contributors and Copilot on all seats wastes $18,000/year on inactive Copilot alone.
Copilot in particular deserves monthly review — usage varies wildly between developers and vendors don't refund unused months.
Automate this with SeatMap.AI
The audit path above works. It also takes hours per month per tool. SeatMap.AI runs it on a schedule, stages the reclaim actions for review, and shows you the annualized savings in real dollars.