What Microsoft Copilot 365 does
Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant for chatting, searching with grounded answers, and creating content, available on the web and as desktop and mobile apps. It is aimed at both work and personal use. The site lists features including Chat, Create, Prompts, Cowork (formerly Tasks), Work IQ, Notebook (formerly Project), Researcher (formerly Deep Research) and Guided Learning, and it links out to Copilot inside Microsoft 365 apps. A free tier is available with a Microsoft account, with usage limits on some capabilities. Paid plans add more capabilities, and Microsoft 365 subscriptions include the Copilot app and premium features, with some Copilot features requiring an eligible Microsoft 365 subscription.
How Microsoft Copilot 365 compares with its closest alternatives
3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Microsoft Copilot 365 does not. Only Craft AI lists a starting price, $6.40 a month. 1 of the 5 offers an API, as Microsoft Copilot 365 does. Microsoft Copilot 365 offers a web app and a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app and 4 offer a desktop app. Microsoft Copilot 365 was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2021, 5 of them earlier. Microsoft Copilot 365 is based in Seattle, United States; 2 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in Taiwan and Germany.