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Microsoft 365 Copilot

AI assistant built into Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams for drafting, summaries and analysis.

Free plan not verified Aisle 12 · Ask an AI assistant Price checked Nov 5
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What does Microsoft 365 Copilot cost?

Commercial add-on from $18/user/mo yearly (promo) · nonprofit M365 plans separate

  • Commercial: Copilot Business add-on $18.00/user/mo paid yearly (promo Jul 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026; originally from $21.00, first year, annual commitment) or $25.20 monthly
  • Commercial: Business Standard with Copilot $23.50/user/mo paid yearly · Business Premium with Copilot $32.00/user/mo paid yearly
  • Nonprofit: Microsoft 365 Business Basic (Nonprofit Staff Pricing) Grant Free up to 300 users
  • Nonprofit: Business Standard (Nonprofit Staff Pricing) $3.50 user/month paid yearly · Business Premium $5.50 user/month paid yearly
  • Nonprofit: Copilot Chat included at no additional cost for eligible Microsoft 365 / Entra ID users (Azure required for agents, metered); full Microsoft 365 Copilot is an add-on with no separate nonprofit Copilot dollar figure on Microsoft's nonprofit pricing page

Checked Nov 5, 2026, 9:18 PM ET Source: microsoft.com pricing page

Nonprofits: Nonprofit Staff Pricing on Microsoft 365 Business Basic (Grant Free up to 300 users), Standard $3.50 and Premium $5.50 user/month paid yearly; Copilot Chat at no additional cost for eligible users; full Copilot remains an add-on with no separate nonprofit seat price stated. Check the official page for terms.

Prices change and some are promotions. We show what the official page showed on the date above; confirm before you buy.

Who it's for

Ask an AI assistant is a job almost every small business or nonprofit has, so this aisle is open to everyone. How we decide

Our take · general advice for this aisle

How a small shop might use it

  1. Give it a real task with context: “Write a polite reply to this customer email. We are a two-person bakery.”
  2. Check facts, numbers and names in what it writes. AI assistants can state wrong things confidently.
  3. Don’t paste private customer, staff or financial details unless you have read the tool’s privacy terms.

These are general first steps for any ask an ai assistant tool, not a review of Microsoft 365 Copilot. We haven't tested it hands-on.

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  • We could not confirm whether there is a free plan.
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