Tool profile
Microsoft’s AI assistant for chat, productivity tasks, and Microsoft 365 workflows.
Office productivity
Microsoft Copilot is most compelling when Microsoft 365 is already the operating layer for work. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and enterprise search become much more relevant buying surfaces than standalone AI chat, because the point of the product is to sit inside the workflows organizations already run on Microsoft.
That ecosystem fit is the story. Copilot is much less about being the most novel assistant in a vacuum and much more about making Microsoft-heavy knowledge work faster and easier.
Quick fit
Editorial take
Microsoft Copilot should be judged on ecosystem leverage, not abstract assistant features. It becomes much more compelling when the business already runs heavily on Microsoft 365 and much less compelling when the stack is mixed.
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Pricing snapshot
Copilot has free access. Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot is $199.99/year, and business Copilot add-ons start around $18/user/month on qualifying plans.
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