1 Microsoft Copilot Studio
Best for agents over SharePoint, Teams and Dataverse content
For a Microsoft company, Copilot Studio is the natural first choice. Agents are built where the content already is, and the purchase goes through the vendor you already have. Credit packs are tenant-wide, at $200 per 25,000 Copilot Credits a month, and a pre-purchase plan offers up to 20 percent savings. Credits are billed when an agent completes an action or response.
Watch for. Power Platform requests are capped at 250,000 per tenant every 24 hours on the standard subscription, and buying more packs does not raise the cap.
- Price
- $200 per 25,000 Copilot Credits a month, or pay as you go Credit packs are tenant-wide and billed up front. Pay as you go has no upfront commitment and needs a linked Azure subscription. Credits are billed when an agent completes an action or response, and the number billed varies by usage. A pre-purchase plan offers up to 20 percent savings.
- Main limit
- Usage is billed per credit, so cost follows traffic. Quotas apply per environment.
2 Custom build by Black Badger
Best for microsoft companies whose key data is outside Microsoft
A Microsoft company often runs its accounting system, job system or warehouse system on something else. A custom AI tool ranks second because Black Badger can put it behind Microsoft sign-in and connect it to those other systems as well as to Microsoft content. You own it, with no per-user license, and after launch you pay running costs such as hosting and model usage.
Watch for. Your IT team should be in discovery from the first meeting, since the tool will have to follow their sign-in and data rules.
- Price
- One-time build scoped in writing, no per-seat fee After launch you pay running costs such as hosting, database and email. There are no licenses, so adding a person adds no fee.
- Main limit
- Needs a scoping call first, and suits companies of 50 or more employees
What a custom build involves, and how to ask about one
3 Microsoft Power Apps
Best for staff-built forms and workflow apps beside an agent
Power Apps is third. It is an app builder and not an assistant. It belongs on this list because many requests for an AI tool turn out to be requests for a form, an approval and a record. Staff can build those on Microsoft data under a Premium license at $20 a user a month billed yearly, and pair them with an agent later.
Watch for. Each Premium license adds 250 MB of Dataverse database to a tenant pool, and extra capacity is listed at $40 per GB a month.
- Price
- $20 a user a month, billed yearly (Premium) Premium covers unlimited apps for the assigned user. A $12 a user rate exists with a 2,000 license minimum, sold through sales. The Developer Plan is free for building and testing only. Microsoft states that prices on the page are for marketing purposes only.
- Main limit
- Dataverse capacity is pooled, and extra costs $40 per GB a month.
4 ChatGPT Business and Enterprise
Best for microsoft companies that want a general assistant for all staff
ChatGPT Business and Enterprise ranks fourth. A Microsoft company can still give staff a general assistant from another vendor, and custom GPTs let departments shape it without a project. It ranks fourth for this question because it runs inside ChatGPT, apart from the Microsoft estate, and the terms an IT team will ask about are settled with sales.
Watch for. Ask for the SSO, SCIM, data residency and retention terms in writing before you commit seats.
- Price
- $20 a user a month billed yearly, $25 monthly That is the Business Standard seat, with a minimum of 2 users. A Premium seat is $100 a user a month billed yearly, or $125 monthly, with more usage. Enterprise is priced per user per month on annual terms through sales, with invoicing available.
- Main limit
- Business and Enterprise can buy extra credits when included use runs out.
5 Claude Team and Enterprise
Best for microsoft companies that need itemized admin controls
Claude Team and Enterprise is fifth for Microsoft companies. Its pricing page itemizes what an IT team wants to see. SSO is listed on Team, and Enterprise adds audit logs, SCIM, role-based access, domain capture and IP allowlisting. It ranks fifth here because Claude works inside its own apps and connectors, which makes it a second place for staff to go.
Watch for. Enterprise bills usage at API rates on top of the seat price, so set admin spend limits from the start.
- Price
- $20 a seat a month billed yearly, $25 monthly That is the Team standard seat, for teams of 2 to 150, with up to $500 a month in pooled API credits. A Premium seat is $100 a seat billed yearly, or $125 monthly. Enterprise is listed at $20 a seat a month billed yearly with a 20 seat minimum, plus usage billed at API rates.
- Main limit
- Team caps at 150 seats. Audit logs and SCIM are Enterprise only.
6 Glean
Best for microsoft companies with knowledge in many other systems too
Glean ranks sixth for this question. It fits when a Microsoft company also has knowledge in several systems outside Microsoft and wants one permission-aware search across all of them. If nearly everything is in SharePoint and Teams, Copilot Studio covers the need without a second vendor, and that is why Glean is last on this list.
Watch for. Glean publishes no price, plans or seat minimums. The first step is a demo request.
- Price
- Not published, quoted per customer Glean publishes no price. Its pages send buyers to a demo request.
- Main limit
- No public price or plan limits. Sold through a demo and a quote.