Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is the AI assistant integrated across Microsoft 365 — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams — designed to draft documents, analyze spreadsheets, build presentations, summarize emails, and recap meetings using the context of your organization's own files and communications.

Its key advantage is deep integration with data you already have: Copilot in Excel can analyze and explain your actual spreadsheet data, Copilot in Outlook can draft replies based on an email thread, and Copilot in Teams can summarize a meeting using the transcript and shared documents — all within the apps people already use daily.

Microsoft 365 Copilot is a paid add-on (around $30/user/month) on top of an existing Microsoft 365 business subscription, making it a significant cost for larger teams. For organizations already standardized on Microsoft 365 who want AI woven into daily document and email work, Copilot's integration is hard to replicate with standalone tools — but the price makes it a deliberate purchase decision rather than a casual add-on.