---
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 %}<!-- Enterprise is no longer a pre-requisite with the GHAS products release -->{% 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 %}](https://resources.github.com/forrester/).

## 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](/enterprise-cloud@latest/enterprise-onboarding) journey for {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}.

{% endif %}