Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft · AI-Powered Productivity Assistant
Microsoft's AI assistant, available as a free Copilot app and built into Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams for document creation, analysis, and workflow help.
Best for
Individuals and teams using Microsoft 365 and Windows who want AI inside the apps they already use
Not ideal for
Non-Microsoft users or those needing a standalone general-purpose AI
Who it's for
Individuals and teams standardised on Microsoft 365 who want AI embedded in Office apps and Windows
Capabilities
- Free Copilot app on web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Edge
- Document drafting and rewriting in Word
- Email drafting and summarization in Outlook
- Meeting notes and summaries in Teams
- PowerPoint presentation creation
- Excel formula and data analysis assistance
- Work-data grounding across email, files, meetings, and chats (Microsoft 365 Copilot)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs in Microsoft Graph for developers
Limitations
- Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook requires a Microsoft 365 subscription
- Best suited for Microsoft ecosystem users
- The free Copilot app is subject to available capacity and usage limits
- Privacy concerns with enterprise data
- API access requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license; the free consumer app has no public API
Use cases
- Document drafting in Word
- Data analysis in Excel
- Presentation creation in PowerPoint
- Email management in Outlook
- Meeting summaries in Teams
- General questions and web search in the Copilot app
- Enterprise workflow automation
- Searching across work files, email, and chats
Microsoft Copilot pricing
Copilot (free)
Free
Billed monthly
- Copilot app on web, desktop, mobile, and Edge
- Limited free usage subject to available capacity
Microsoft 365 Personal
$9.99/month
Billed monthly
- $99.99/year
- Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for one person
Microsoft 365 Family
$12.99/month
Billed monthly
- $129.99/year
- Copilot for the subscription owner only
Microsoft 365 Premium
$19.99/month
Billed monthly
- $199.99/year
- Microsoft 365 apps with Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot Business
$18/user/month
Billed annual
- Add-on for Microsoft 365 business plans
- Also bundled: Business Standard with Copilot ($23.50) and Business Premium with Copilot ($32.00)
- Work-data grounding and Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps
Free tier limits: The free Copilot app is a limited version subject to available capacity and limits. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is free with eligible business plans.
Note: Business prices shown are per user per month, paid yearly. Enterprise pricing for Microsoft 365 Copilot is sold through Microsoft's enterprise plans.
Technical specs
API pricing
Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs in Microsoft Graph; each user needs a Microsoft 365 Copilot license
Available models
Integrations & fit
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PaidAbout Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant powered by OpenAI's latest GPT-5.x models (with model choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot) and integrated across Microsoft's product ecosystem. It exists in two main forms: the Copilot app, a general assistant for questions, search, and content creation that is free to use (subject to capacity and limits) on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Edge; and Copilot inside Microsoft 365 apps, which embeds AI into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Consumers get Copilot in the Office apps through Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, and Premium subscriptions. For businesses, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat comes at no extra cost with eligible Microsoft 365 plans, while the full Microsoft 365 Copilot — grounded in work data from email, files, meetings, and chats — is sold as a per-user add-on or bundled into Business Standard and Business Premium plans. Developers can extend it through the Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs in Microsoft Graph, which require a Copilot license. (GitHub Copilot, the coding assistant, is a separate product with its own listing.) For organisations already standardised on Microsoft tooling, Copilot offers the lowest-friction path to AI integration; it is more valuable as an AI layer embedded in existing Microsoft workflows than as a standalone assistant.
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