# Payments to third-parties using your GitHub account

Learn how payments you choose to make to other developers on GitHub are billed, for example, sponsoring developers or buying apps from the marketplace.

## Links

* [GitHub Sponsors billing](/en/billing/concepts/third-party-payments/github-sponsors)

  Understand how sponsorship payments appear in your billing, how they align with your existing payment method and billing date, and what fees apply.

* [GitHub Marketplace app subscriptions](/en/billing/concepts/third-party-payments/github-marketplace-apps)

  Understand how billing works for paid GitHub Marketplace apps, including shared billing date and payment method, proration, free trials, unit limits, and plan changes.