Microsoft Copilot
by Microsoft4.4
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 puts AI directly inside Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and PowerPoint, with your files, mail and calendar as context.
- Commercial use OK
- Japanese UI
- Enterprise contract
- SOC 2
- Pricing
- $30/mo
- Free tier
- No
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Japanese UI
- Yes
- Enterprise contract
- Available
- Compliance
- SOC 2
What it is good for
- Organisations already standardised on Microsoft 365
- Deployments that need Entra ID integration and audit logging
- Document, spreadsheet and meeting work inside Office
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- $30 per seat per month on an annual contract — a clear number for budget approval
- Native Entra ID integration, Microsoft Purview audit logs, data residency options
- Works on the files and mail people already have
Trade-offs
- Slower to pick up the newest OpenAI models than ChatGPT Enterprise
- Copilot Studio does not match the breadth of the GPTs ecosystem
Editors' review
AI inside Microsoft 365 — the leading candidate for a corporate standard
Copilot for Microsoft 365 integrates AI directly into Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and PowerPoint, using M365 files, mail and calendar entries as working context.
At $30 per seat per month on an annual contract, the number is clearer to budget than ChatGPT Enterprise's quoted pricing. Entra ID integration, Microsoft Purview audit logs and data residency choices answer what IT departments ask for natively rather than through a workaround.
It tends to lag ChatGPT Enterprise on access to the newest OpenAI models, and Copilot Studio does not match the breadth of packaged assistants available through GPTs.
Verdict
The strongest candidate for a company-wide rollout where Microsoft 365 is already deployed. If general-purpose AI work matters too, running ChatGPT Enterprise alongside is the realistic answer.
Compiled from official documentation and public sources, with our own editorial judgement. We do not publish figures we cannot source.
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