When you cannot justify Copilot for everyone, rotation gives the team most of the benefit at a fraction of the cost.
Brice runs a four-person dev shop in Douala. He wanted Copilot for all of them, but the per-seat price meant a meaningful chunk of monthly revenue.
## The rotation
Brice listed three seats on Seatkin under a Copilot Business group. Two are permanent — taken by another shop he trusts. The third rotates weekly between his own teammates. The teammate whose week it is takes the seat for an active sprint, then it cycles.
## What it actually costs
Four people get Copilot two weeks a month each, on average. The shop pays for one seat. Their margin on the listing covers most of that one seat. Effective cost per person per year drops by roughly two-thirds.
## What does not work
You cannot rotate a seat in the middle of a long debugging session. The first week of the experiment, two developers ended up locked out of Copilot on the same day because the rotation was not scheduled. They now use a shared calendar.
Tools designed for individuals can usually be shared deliberately. The trick is the calendar, not the licence.