Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant that aims to provide personalized assistance to individual and organization users for various tasks. In addition to the GPT-4 Large Language Model developed by OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot also offers the DALL-E 3 image generation model. It integrates a wide range of Microsoft applications such as Microsoft Copilot, calendar, emails, Office, and Teams. On the other hand, OpenAI's ChatGPT works as an AI chatbot and is useful for completing natural language tasks.
In this article, we will examine what Microsoft Copilot is and compare it with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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TL; DR
- Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant designed for the Microsoft ecosystem and aims to boost users' productivity.
- Microsoft Copilot works integrated with Microsoft apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.
- While Microsoft Copilot offers limited Microsoft 365 integration for individual users, it offers a strict pricing plan for enterprises.
- ChatGPT is an AI chatbot designed by OpenAI that makes it easier to complete natural language tasks.
- While Microsoft Copilot uses the GPT-4 model as the default LLM, ChatGPT uses the GPT-4 model as the default.
- ChatGPT's default model, GPT-4, has slightly higher performance than GPT-4.
- If you are looking for a sophisticated AI Copilot that has more features than both ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, TextCortex is designed for you.
What is Microsoft Copilot?
Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant designed to help both individuals and organizations boost their productivity by reducing their workload. Microsoft Copilot works integrated with almost all Microsoft applications and opens the door to new features. For example, by using Microsoft Copilot with Office Words, you can summarize your entire paper or generate new and unique content.
How to Access Microsoft Copilot?
To access Microsoft Copilot, all you need to do is head to the official Microsoft website and select Microsoft Copilot. Afterwards, you can activate Microsoft Copilot Pro for your account by logging into your Microsoft account. If you want to use Microsoft Copilot to its full potential without any limits, you need to purchase the Microsoft Copilot Pro subscription.
Microsoft Copilot Pricing
Microsoft Copilot offers three different pricing options to its users: Copilot, Copilot Pro, and Copilot for Microsoft 365. Although the Microsoft Copilot premium plan is free to use, it offers limited features to its users. With the Microsoft Copilot free version, you can access features such as text generation, image generation, and AI chatbot.
The Microsoft Copilot Pro plan offers everything the Microsoft Copilot plan offers, plus integration with any Microsoft 365 apps you choose, for $20 per month. Additionally, Microsoft Copilot Pro offers faster responses and output generation for its users. The Microsoft Copilot Pro plan is designed for individual users who want to increase their productivity and automate their workload.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 pricing plan offers integration, customization, and enterprise data protection with all Microsoft 365 applications, in addition to the features offered by all other pricing plans. Copilot for Microsoft 365 is designed for enterprises and businesses and charges $30 per month for each seat for a minimum of 12 months purchase ($360).
Microsoft Copilot Features
Microsoft Copilot offers its users a conversational AI with all the features one would expect from an AI chatbot. Moreover, Microsoft Copilot's chatbot can use the infrastructure of the Bing search engine to generate output. In other words, Microsoft Copilot can generate a response using up-to-date internet data. You can also complete natural language tasks such as text generation, summarization, text expansion, and paraphrasing by using Microsoft Copilot.
Another feature that Microsoft Copilot offers to its users is its integration with Microsoft 365 applications. Apps with integrated with Microsoft Copilot include:
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Word
- Outlook
- PowerPoint
- Copilot Studio
Although Microsoft Copilot integrates with all applications within its ecosystem, it is not integrated with popular applications such as Gmail and Pages.
Microsoft Copilot vs OpenAI’s ChatGPT
When it comes to differences between Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI's ChatGPT, there is a critical difference between the two AI tools. Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant designed to ease users' workload and increase productivity across the Microsoft apps ecosystem. OpenAI's ChatGPT model is an AI chatbot that works as a natural language model. Let's take a closer look at the differences between Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT.
Performance
Microsoft Copilot uses the GPT-4 Large Language Model developed by OpenAI to generate any textual output. ChatGPT, on the other hand, uses the GPT-4 model to generate output in all its versions, including the default version. When it comes to the performance of the GPT-4 and GPT-4 models, it is possible to say that the GPT-4 model is slightly better. According to the GPT-4 introduction article, the GPT-4 model outperformed the GPT-4 model in most benchmarks, including HumanEval and MMLU.
In addition, the GPT-4o model is more successful than the GPT-4 model in understanding the grammar of different languages and translating texts between languages.
In summary, we can say that ChatGPT, which uses the GPT-4o model as the default model, has higher performance than Microsoft Copilot, which uses the GPT-4 model as the default model.
Microsoft Copilot vs ChatGPT Integrations
Since Microsoft Copilot comes integrated with Microsoft 365 applications, you can use it with every application in the Microsoft ecosystem. For example, thanks to Microsoft Copilot's Outlook integration, you can generate AI-powered answers to your emails or quickly analyse your emails. On the other hand, to write an email with ChatGPT, you need to enter a prompt.
However, ChatGPT offers its users the Custom GPTs feature, which unlocks the ability to build custom ChatGPTs for any task. For example, you can integrate ChatGPT with Office by using the "Office 365 Trainer" designed as a custom ChatGPT. However, applications developed by third parties do not provide any guarantee to secure your enterprise data.
A Better Alternative: TextCortex
If you are looking for an AI assistant to support you in both your individual and enterprise tasks, TextCortex is the way to go with its multiple LLMs, customizable knowledge bases, and powerful RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) capabilities.
Unlike Microsoft Copilot, TextCortex is not limited to integrating with only a specific ecosystem, so you can use it integrated with 30,000+ websites and apps, including applications such as Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite and many more.
Let's take a look at what TextCortex offers:
- ZenoChat: Customizable conversational AI assistant.
- Zeno Assistant: Writing and editing assistant that integrated with 30,000+ websites.
- Knowledge Bases: Create custom data sets to generate output.
- Individual/Business Personas: Allows ZenoChat to generate output with the Tone of Voice you want.
- Integrations: Utilize a wide range of integrations including Zapier, make.com, Gmail, Teams, Notion, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Docs, and Pages!
- Multiple LLMs: Access high-performance LLMs including GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
- Web Access: TextCortex can use all internet data to generate output and cites the resources it uses.
- Secure and Safe AI Experience: TextCortex has SOC 2 Type I, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR certificates!
Also let’s take a look at the results from one of our case studies:
- TextCortex was implemented for Kemény Boehme Consultants as a solution to tackle these challenges and today employees report increased efficiency and productivity (saving 24 hours/month per employee on average).
- AICX, an ecosystem partner of TextCortex, was integral to the onboarding and helped achieve a 70% activation rate of the team within the first weeks.
- Employee confidence in using and working with AI increased by 60%.
- The implementation results in a 28x return on investment (ROI).