title: About GitHub for enterprises
intro: >-
Learn about {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}'s enterprise products
and deployment options for {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}.
versions:
ghec: '*'
ghes: '*'
type: overview
topics:
- Enterprise
- Fundamentals
Why should my business choose {% data variables.product.github %}?
- Provide a platform developers already know. Adopting {% data variables.product.github %} can help you attract talent, reduce onboarding time, and leverage a large open source community by using tools already familiar to more than 100 million developers.
- Consolidate tools in the cloud. {% data variables.product.github %} is a complete developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Adopting {% data variables.product.github %} can help companies consolidate their DevOps tools or move away from on-premises solutions that can be difficult to maintain.
- Integrate with AI. {% data variables.product.github %} provides AI tools to boost productivity at every stage of the development lifecycle. Your developers can work with AI agents to plan, prototype, code, review work, and fix vulnerabilities.
- Govern at scale. {% data variables.product.github %} provides advanced governance features and a central point of administration for development work across your business. Set up projects and manage access in a way that meets your complex needs and allows for future scaling.
How enterprises use {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}
Businesses use {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} products to support the entire software development lifecycle, increasing development velocity and improving code quality.
With {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, your business can plan work, increase productivity, automate processes, and keep code secure.
Collaboration
Your developers can:
- Track work and communicate in issues and discussions
- Plan and review work cycles with projects
- Review each other's work in pull requests
Productivity
Your developers can:
- Benefit from AI-powered code suggestions with {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}, the most widely adopted AI developer tool
- Get started with new projects quickly with {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}, a cloud-hosted development environment
- Integrate with {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} from their local development environment using {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %}
Automation
Your business can:
- Automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline with {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}
- Host software packages with {% data variables.product.prodname_registry %}
- Build tooling with REST and GraphQL APIs, {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}, and webhooks
Security
Your business can:
{% ifversion ghas-products %}
- Automate detection and remediation of vulnerabilities in code and dependencies using {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_code_security %}
- Block users from leaking secrets and identify and remediate historic leaks using {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_secret_protection %}{% else %}
- Be alerted to leaked secrets or vulnerable code patterns using {% data variables.product.prodname_GHAS %} tools{% endif %}
- Keep software dependencies up to date with {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %}
- Monitor the security landscape across your repositories with security overview
Benefits of the {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} plan
{% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} is our most comprehensive plan. In addition to the features included with a {% data variables.product.prodname_free_team %} or {% data variables.product.prodname_team %} plan for organizations, the plan includes:
- An enterprise account, which provides a single place to manage teams, grant access, enforce policies, and audit activity.
- Additional features such as SAML authentication and internal repositories. For a detailed list, see {% data variables.product.pricing_link %}.
- Extra allowances for usage-based products such as {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}.
- The option to add {% ifversion ghas-products %}{% else %}{% data variables.product.prodname_GHAS %}, {% endif %}{% data variables.contact.premium_support %}, and {% data variables.copilot.copilot_enterprise %}.
When businesses adopt {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}, their return on investment (ROI) is high. For example, their developers save 45 minutes per day, and onboarding and training time is reduced by 40%. See The Total Economic Impact of {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}.
About deployment options
{% data reusables.enterprise.ghe-includes-ghec-and-ghes %} You can choose to use one or both of these deployment options.
With {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}:
- Your repositories and other resources are hosted by {% data variables.product.company_short %}, and you'll automatically have access to the latest features and bugfixes.
- You can choose for your enterprise to be hosted on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} or, for more control over where your company's code and data reside, on your own subdomain of {% data variables.enterprise.data_residency_site %}.
- To access your resources, members of your enterprise can use their personal account or, if you use {% data variables.product.prodname_emus %}, you will provision accounts for users using an external system.
With {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %}:
- You run your own {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} instance, either on-premises or on a public cloud service.
- You create accounts for users, and authenticate users using either built-in authentication or an external system.
- You can enable {% data variables.product.prodname_github_connect %} to benefit from features that rely on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, such as {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} and actions hosted on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}.
{% ifversion ghec %}
Next steps
Get started with our AUTOTITLE journey for {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}.
{% endif %}