What Microsoft Copilot Studio does
Microsoft Copilot Studio is a platform for building and managing custom AI agents, workflows and apps without code. Builders pick a default, custom or Azure AI Foundry model, create chat, voice or autonomous agents that plan and carry out work, and connect them to data through 1,500 or more prebuilt connectors and MCP servers. Agents can be orchestrated together, evaluated with structured tests, published to internal channels and websites, and managed through version control and approval gates. It is aimed at organisations building agents for their own teams and customers. Pricing is usage based: packs of 25,000 Copilot Credits cost $200 per pack per month, pay-as-you-go is available, and prepaid commitments save up to 20%.
How Microsoft Copilot Studio compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Microsoft Copilot Studio does. Among the 3 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Relevance AI at $19 a month and the median is $29. Microsoft Copilot Studio starts at $200 a month, above that median. All 5 offer an API, as Microsoft Copilot Studio does. Microsoft Copilot Studio offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Microsoft Copilot Studio was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2020 and 2024, 1 of them earlier. Microsoft Copilot Studio is based in Seattle, United States; 4 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in Australia.