Comparison
Glean vs Microsoft 365 Copilot
Glean: AI search that finds anything across your company's apps. Microsoft 365 Copilot: Microsoft's AI inside Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook.
| Glean | Microsoft 365 Copilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Price | Paid Pricing not published: sales-led. From around $50-75/user/month with minimums of ~100 seats (contracts from ~$60,000/year). AI features billed by credit consumption. | Paid An add-on on top of a Microsoft 365 licence. Copilot Business $18/user/month promotional ($21 standard) through the end of 2026; Enterprise $30/user/month with an annual commitment. |
| Free plan | ||
| API available | ||
| Open source | ||
| In Spanish | ||
| No watermark | — | — |
| Platforms | Web · Windows · Mac · iOS · Android | Web · Windows · Mac · iOS · Android |
Glean
- Searches Slack, Drive, Jira, Confluence and the CRM at once
- Respects each employee's permissions in the results
- Answers by citing the document and the person to ask
- Opaque pricing: everything goes through the sales team
- High minimums: contracts starting in the tens of thousands per year
Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Built into where the team already works: Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook
- Accesses company documents and email while respecting permissions
- Automatic summaries of Teams meetings
- It is an add-on: a separate Microsoft 365 licence is required
- Real cost of $30 to $90/user/month once you add the base plan