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Glean vs Microsoft 365 Copilot
Short answer: Pick Glean if you want enterprise-grade AI search & automation; pick Microsoft 365 Copilot if you want AI-enhanced productivity inside Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 Copilot is paid, with a free trial.
GleanAI work assistant and enterprise search
Microsoft 365 CopilotAI assistant inside Word, Excel, Outlook and TeamsWhich to pick
Pick Glean if you want…
- Enterprise-grade AI search & automation
- Integrations with Slack, Google Drive or Jira (on Glean's list, not Microsoft 365 Copilot's)
Pick Microsoft 365 Copilot if you want…
- AI-enhanced productivity inside Microsoft 365
- Integrations with Word, Excel or PowerPoint (on Microsoft 365 Copilot's list, not Glean's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Glean:Glean is an enterprise AI platform that adds contextual search, assistants and agents to company data for secure, governed workflows.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:Microsoft 365 Copilot embeds AI assistants into Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft apps to help create finished work.
- Best for
- Glean:Enterprise-grade AI search & automation
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:AI-enhanced productivity inside Microsoft 365
- Who it’s for
- Glean:Large enterprises needing AI-powered search, automation and compliance.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:knowledge workers, teams and enterprises using Microsoft 365.
- Pricing
- Glean:Contact sales
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:Paid
- Free plan or trial
- Glean:—
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:Free trial
- Plans
- Glean:—
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:Business $23.50 per user per month, paid yearl
- Works with
- Glean:Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, GitHub, Salesforce
- Microsoft 365 Copilot:Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Loop, OneDrive
Glean features
- Enterprise Context. Connects to work apps, indexes data and builds a graph to give AI full company context.
- Glean Protect. Permission-aware security and compliance controls protect sensitive content.
- Glean Intelligence. Matches each task to the optimal model across 40+ open and frontier LLMs.
- Open Platform APIs. Provides Search, Chat and Agents APIs plus SDKs for custom integrations.
- Glean Search. Enterprise-wide search that finds information across documents, tickets and code.
- Glean Assistant. Personalized AI assistant that answers questions using company knowledge.
- Glean Agents. No-code agents that automate work via natural-language commands.
Microsoft 365 Copilot features
- App-native AI. AI features are built directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and more.
- Work-grounded context. Work IQ grounds responses in your organization’s data, roles and projects.
- Auto model selection. Automatically chooses the optimal AI model for each request based on accuracy, speed and cost.
- Agent Builder & Studio. Create custom, work-specific agents with natural language and scale them via Copilot Studio.
- Copilot Autopilot. An always-on personal agent with memory that can act across apps under organizational guardrails.
- Secure, enterprise-grade. Built on Microsoft 365 security controls, separating personal and work data.
Glean vs Microsoft 365 Copilot FAQ
What is the difference between Glean and Microsoft 365 Copilot?+
Microsoft 365 Copilot is embedded in Office apps, while Glean provides a separate platform with enterprise-wide data graph and governance.
Should I use Glean or Microsoft 365 Copilot?+
Pick Glean if you want enterprise-grade AI search & automation or integrations with Slack, Google Drive or Jira (on Glean's list, not Microsoft 365 Copilot's). Pick Microsoft 365 Copilot if you want AI-enhanced productivity inside Microsoft 365 or integrations with Word, Excel or PowerPoint (on Microsoft 365 Copilot's list, not Glean's).
Is Glean or Microsoft 365 Copilot free?+
Microsoft 365 Copilot is paid, with a free trial.
Do Glean and Microsoft 365 Copilot integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list SharePoint. Glean also lists Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and 2 more; Microsoft 365 Copilot also lists Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and 3 more.
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