A detailed comparison across document intelligence, agents, workflows, automation, and platform capabilities. Last updated March 2026.
Built into Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams. Strong for daily office work within M365.
Full AI assistant with conversation, document management and analysis. Works independently of M365.
General AI. Requires Copilot Studio + developer resources to customize.
Configurable per organization, project and role. Domain-specific agents ready to use — no development required.
Requires Power Automate + Copilot Studio (separate tools, technical setup).
Built-in no-code workflow engine. Multi-step automations with drag-and-drop in minutes.
M365 data only. No connections to external government APIs.
Ready-made connections to Swedish government agencies (Trafikverket, SGU, SMHI, etc.). Internal reference libraries.
Azure-based with Microsoft enterprise security. Global infrastructure.
Built on Microsoft Azure with enterprise-class security. Data never leaves the region (Sweden/EU). Three tiers: Shared, Private or Dedicated. Azure AD/Entra ID for SSO.
Searches via Microsoft Graph. Limited format support, no page/row-level references.
Automatic indexing with full provenance chain: filename, page, row, document type. Support for all common file formats.
General AI without industry-specific terminology or standard codes.
Understands technical terms via reference libraries and domain agents. Expands searches to relevant codes and synonyms automatically.
Can compare documents in Word. No systematic requirements review.
Systematic review of deliverables against requirement documents, standards and governing documents with full source tracing.
Indexes only text — images and drawings not supported. No Swedish-optimized OCR.
Vision AI for drawings + adaptive OCR with Swedish language support. 4-step fallback — extraction virtually never fails.
Agent Mode in Word/Excel/PPT. Iterative editing directly in documents. Multilingual.
Canvas mode for co-editing with AI. Version history, export to Word/PDF. Translation to any language directly.
No built-in domain agents. Requires custom development via Copilot Studio + external APIs.
Ready-made agents: Trafikverket, Naturvårdsverket, SGU, SMHI, Lantmäteriet. Construction law (PBL, PBF, Electrical Safety Act). Internal reference libraries.
Copilot can search and summarize. Project Manager Agent in preview. Limited autonomy.
Dedicated agents for file management, search, comparison/analysis and planning. Orchestrator coordinates multiple agents automatically.
Copilot Studio offers low-code agent creation. Requires technical understanding.
Fully no-code. Business users configure agents per role directly in the platform — without IT department.
Native in Office apps with Agent Mode. Strong integration with brand kits and templates.
Generates all document types with full formatting. Organization templates applied automatically. Native PDF creation and form filling.
Excel formulas and Power Automate flows. Not general scripting (Python, Java).
Full stateful code execution (Python, JavaScript, etc.). Automate tasks in external tools (ArcGIS, Excel macros, etc.).
Not available. Copilot only generates within M365 apps.
Code agent creates hosted interfaces: checklists, maps, flowcharts, calculators. Shareable with colleagues with one click.
Agent-to-agent and Cowork launched recently. Requires Copilot Studio. Nesting not supported.
Built-in orchestrator with sequential/parallel execution, nested workflows and automatic synthesis of agent results.
Human-in-the-loop by default. Scheduling via Power Automate (separate tool).
Full flexibility per step: autonomous or manual review. Run on schedule, on triggers or manually — all from one interface.
Power Automate low-code. Quotas and rate limits (e.g. 25 Researcher prompts/month).
Fully no-code visual builder with drag-and-drop. No limitations on number of workflows. Create in minutes.
New Memory feature saves preferences. No project/workspace level. Early stage.
Three layers: workspace, project, user. Automatic learning. Extracts key facts and decisions. Full audit history and traceability.
Collaboration per app (Word, Teams). Templates per app, not unified across projects.
Shared workspaces for AI tasks. Organization library with templates that are shared and applied automatically.
Power Apps / App Builder — separate tool and license.
Code agent creates apps directly in the platform. Share with one click — no separate tools.
Microsoft branding. No white-label. Standard Microsoft help.
Full GUI customization (colors, logo, white-label). AI-powered help system — ask the assistant how a feature works.
Copilot Studio supports multiple providers. In M365 Copilot, Microsoft controls model selection.
Defaults to latest models (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.). Configurable per organization. Always the best available model.
Many of Copilot's yellow ratings mean "possible if you build it yourself" rather than "works today."