Setting up a trial of GitHub Advanced Security

If you started a free trial of GitHub Advanced Security during your GitHub Enterprise Cloud trial on or after August 1, 2024, your billing for GitHub Advanced Security will be usage-based. See, "About billing for GitHub Advanced Security."

About GitHub Advanced Security

GitHub Advanced Security provides features that help you improve and maintain the security and quality of code, such as code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency review. For more information, see "About GitHub Advanced Security."

About trials of GitHub Advanced Security

You can set up a trial if you pay for GitHub Enterprise Cloud by credit card or PayPal, or if you are already taking part in a free trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

If you pay by invoice, contact GitHub's Sales team to discuss trialing GitHub Advanced Security for your enterprise.

During a trial, you can add any number of committers and enable GitHub Advanced Security for any number of organizations. The standard length of the trial is 30 days. If you're taking part in a free trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud, the trial of GitHub Advanced Security will last for the time you have remaining on your trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

Prerequisites

To set up a trial of GitHub Advanced Security, you must be an owner of an enterprise account. For more information, see "About enterprise accounts" and "Roles in an enterprise."

Setting up your trial of GitHub Advanced Security

1. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo.

2. Depending on your environment, click Your enterprise, or click Your enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.

3. On the left side of the page, in the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.

4. Under Settings, click Licensing.

   Note

   If you are on the enhanced billing platform, the licensing page has been relocated. See "Gathering insights on your spending."

5. To the right of "GitHub Advanced Security", click Start free trial.

6. Click Start trial.

Finishing your trial

You can finish your trial at any time by purchasing GitHub Advanced Security. If you haven't purchased GitHub Advanced Security by the end of the 30 days, your trial will expire.

If you pay for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with usage-based billing, but did not set up a free trial of GitHub Advanced Security, you can still use usage-based billing to pay for GitHub Advanced Security after the GitHub Enterprise Cloud trial ends. For more information, contact GitHub's Sales team.

1. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo.

2. Depending on your environment, click Your enterprise, or click Your enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.

3. On the left side of the page, in the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.

4. Under Settings, click Licensing.

   Note

   If you are on the enhanced billing platform, the licensing page has been relocated. See "Gathering insights on your spending."

5. To the right of "GitHub Advanced Security trial", select the Manage dropdown menu and click Purchase.

6. Under "How many committers do you want to include?", enter the number of committers you want to purchase licenses for. For more information about committer numbers, see "About billing for GitHub Advanced Security."

   You won't see this option if you're enrolled in usage-based billing for GitHub Advanced Security licenses.

7. Confirm your billing information and payment method.

8. Click Purchase Advanced Security.

Further reading

• "About GitHub Advanced Security"
• "Adopting GitHub Advanced Security at scale"
• "About enabling security features at scale"