Microsoft Copilot
by Microsoft · chatbot · productivity · coding
Verified Jul 6, 2026
Microsoft Copilot puts OpenAI’s models inside the tools many people already use all day — Windows, Edge, and the Microsoft 365 apps. It drafts in Word, analyses in Excel, summarizes Outlook threads, and generates images through Designer, with web-grounded answers that cite sources.
As a standalone chatbot it’s capable but unremarkable; its real value is the in-app integration for Microsoft 365 subscribers. The consumer version is free, and there’s no affiliate program.
Pros & Cons
- +Deeply integrated into Windows and Office
- +Web grounding with sources
- +Free consumer tier
- –Best value only if you use Microsoft 365
- –No affiliate/referral program
Latest models & API cost
GPT-based CopilotOpenAI's frontier models tuned into Windows and Microsoft 365 workflows.No public per-token consumer API; developers use Azure OpenAI pricing.
What it can do
✓Live web search✓Image understanding✓Image generation✓Voice conversations✓File upload & analysis◐Code execution / data analysis (limited)◐Deep research / agentic mode (limited)$Custom bots / assistants (paid plans)◐Persistent memory (limited)✓Mobile apps✓Desktop app◐Developer API (limited)—Open-weight models✓Opt out of data training
Highlights
- ›In-app help across Microsoft 365
- ›Web-grounded answers with citations
- ›Image generation via Designer
- ›Windows and Edge integration