Microsoft 365 Copilot vs. OpenAI API Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
For enterprises, Microsoft 365 Copilot (or just Microsoft Copilot) is a generative AI operating as an intelligent virtual assistant for work. Through a chat interface, business users can use it to solve a variety of complex tasks.
$31.50
per month per user
OpenAI API Platform
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
The OpenAI API platform provides a simple interface to AI models for text generation, natural language processing, computer vision, and other purposes.
$0
per  1K tokens
Pricing
Microsoft 365 CopilotOpenAI API Platform
Editions & Modules
Microsoft Copilot
$31.50
per month per user
Ada
$0.0008
per  1K tokens
Babbage
$0.0012
per  1K tokens
Curie
$0.0060
per  1K tokens
Davinci
$0.0600
per  1K tokens
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft 365 CopilotOpenAI API Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing shown is based on an annual commitment. Discount available for annual payment.
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Community Pulse
Microsoft 365 CopilotOpenAI API Platform
Considered Both Products
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
We needed a tool where secure data was not submitted to servers to process as we have some health care related data to keep private. We also needed to be able to test this tool without committing first to see if it is a fit and Microsoft provided this easily to us.
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
I love Bing Copilot because it is integrated to Bing, I can have the answers easily using my phone or my laptop.
The answers show the links just in case one needs to have further information about a topic, and somehow the tool feels friendlier than the other tools such as …
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot standout in user friendliness and it's added with MS 365, chats are saved as well.
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
Our organization runs on Microsoft so it's not much of a choice, but we do utilize the other AIs in the other tools as needed / more convenient.
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
All data remains within the company, in the tenant. Customer data must never be leaked to an unprotected environment, not even targeted customer issues. That's why Copilot is much better suited for this.Copilot is also a Microsoft product, and its integration with all other …
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
I think It lost the race for now. I don't think Microsoft will keep investing on it since we have better tools outside their environment. In my opinion, Microsoft Copilot is not even in the benchmark tools and in the race for AGI.
I think Microsoft is way behind and Microsoft …
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
they work beautifully in their own ecosystems. since my organization mostly uses Microsoft products, Microsoft Copilot is user to navigate compared to gemini
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
Since Microsoft Copilot can be integrated into Microsoft 360, we think that Copilot has the advantage.
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is a serious competitor to ChatGPT in the corporate world, due to its heavy and well implemented integration across the Microsoft 365 suite. It produces comparable results, but provides data security, controls, customisation and options that ChatGPT can't …
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot is dominates ChatGPT in business related capabilities, like the listed below:
- Email content recommendation making it more professional and in business language
- Copilot creates more accurate and better looking custom images per my instructions
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
Since we use Microsoft 365 apps in our day-to-day work, we didn't have to choose Copilot over any other AI. It just came with the subscription. However, I would still use it over ChatGPT because Copilot is integrated with all the major Microsoft apps that we use. We dont need …
Chose Microsoft 365 Copilot
I find that ChatGPT offers better image quality than Copilot, and creating custom GPTs in ChatGPT feels more intuitive than generating agents in Copilot Studio. However, Copilot provides more reliable sources for research compared to ChatGPT, which sometimes returns …
OpenAI API Platform
Chose OpenAI API Platform
Anthropic is only the best for coding and its really really expensive. So, if you're not making a coding app, I would stay away from it. On the other hand, Gemini models are dirt cheap but come with a bit of performance limitations, so i would use it for big volume non …
Chose OpenAI API Platform
Due to in part of difficult situation, OpenAI recognizes me as a researcher and supports my projects.
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User Ratings
Microsoft 365 CopilotOpenAI API Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft 365 CopilotOpenAI API Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
In my experience, if you're using within the Microsoft office suite, it has the best integration. The usability is great and the user has to put little effort to get a task done. On the other hand, in my experience, coding within Visual Code is unreliable and the results are not consistent. You can't use with different programming languages and ask for complex tasks. Pitty because I think the VS integration is great.
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For smaller organizations that run lean and would like to get to deploy a solution quickly. This is a solution that is easy and quick to develop. It has a good amount of customization. However, for advanced customization this might not be a good solution. I suggest experimenting with OpenAI API and then if the experimentation is successful then it is a good idea to optimize and try other LLM models.
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Pros
  • Copilot helps me manage my emails efficiently.
  • Copilot helps me summarize Teams meetings in real time and generates thoughtful questions during discussions.
  • Copilot's ability to generate PowerPoint presentations from other documents has been a major time-saver.
  • Copilot seems to outperform other AI platforms in finding sources for search queries.
  • Copilot Studio makes it easy for me to generate agents and chatbots.
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  • The developer experience is top notch. Their SDKs are super easy to use
  • Organization and project billing separation. You know where everything was consumed.
  • Playground. The playground is super useful to prototype without writing a single line of code
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Cons
  • Like all other AI systems, Copilot suffers from hallucinations. You have to be very careful with the output it generates. It could be completely wrong. It needs to be checked and rechecked to see if it is correct.
  • Copilot sometimes struggles to formulate accurate responses to complex queries. It will either provide an incomplete response or generate a response that would be completely wrong.
  • Right now, I am unable to customize Copilot for my specific needs. Hopefully, in future versions of the AI, this will be taken care of.
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  • Restrictions are sometimes too strong
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Likelihood to Renew
Absolutely!!! I have a high regard for the product and will use it for years to come.
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Usability
It's integrated well across the Microsoft 365 suite of applications, without getting in the way, and providing useful tools. Some of the integrations need development, e.g. the Outlook add on is quite basic, and the excel and powerpoint ones can't do much yet. The implementation in Teams is really fantastic, significantly improving the experience of recording, transcription, and summarising meetings and action points.
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Easy to setup, develop and deploy. The payload for the API is simple and has all the inputs required for simple projects. There are a good number of options of LLM models to optimize for speed, cost or quality of the answers. A larger token input might improve the overall usability.
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Alternatives Considered
We needed a tool where secure data was not submitted to servers to process as we have some health care related data to keep private. We also needed to be able to test this tool without committing first to see if it is a fit and Microsoft provided this easily to us.
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Anthropic is only the best for coding and its really really expensive. So, if you're not making a coding app, I would stay away from it. On the other hand, Gemini models are dirt cheap but come with a bit of performance limitations, so i would use it for big volume non sofisticated use cases. The OpenAI API platform excels at providing best in class performance models, at not outrageous anthropic-like pricing.
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Return on Investment
  • Service desk employees resolve some tickets much faster thanks to Copilot support. This percentage, according to current knowledge, is between 20% and 30%.
  • For administrators, creating scripts and automations with Copilot support saves them a significant amount of time. This currently stands at between 20% and 40%.
  • If you don't give the copilot proper instructions, you'll also get answers that aren't valuable. You do need some knowledge or training to get the right answers from the copilot.
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  • Big question about functionality
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