Microsoft Copilot
Your AI companion
78
/100
P
Perplexity
AI-powered answer engine with citations
67
/100
Microsoft Copilot vs Perplexity
Detailed side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and performance
Comparing
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Perplexity
67
/100
Our Expert Verdict
RankTool's data-driven recommendation based on scores, features, and pricing.
Winner
Microsoft Copilot
clearly
For most users, both Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity are strong options. Microsoft Copilot edges ahead overall, while Perplexity may be better for specific workflows. Use the category winners and feature matrix below to decide.
💰
Best Price
Microsoft Copilot
💻
Best Coding
Microsoft Copilot
🎨
Best Creative
Microsoft Copilot
👥
Best for Teams
Microsoft Copilot
🧩
Best Ecosystem
Microsoft Copilot
Overview
Complete side-by-side specs in one place.
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Perplexity
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| RankScore™ | 78 /100 | 67 /100 |
| Category | AI Chatbots & Assistants | AI Chatbots & Assistants |
| Starting price | $10/month | $20/month |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| API available | — | ✓ |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Target user | individuals | individual |
| Learning curve | Beginner | Beginner |
| Context window | — | — |
| Image generation | Creates AI-generated images from text prompts for... | — |
| Languages supported | — | — |
| Launch year | 2023 | 2022 |
| Company | Microsoft | Perplexity |
| Funding | — | Private / Growth-stage · $1.7B |
| Team size | — | — |
Pricing Comparison
Plan-by-plan breakdown with what's included at each tier.
Free
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot Free
Free
- ✓ AI chat: Included
- ✓ Web-grounded answers: Included
- ✓ Image creation: Available when signed in
- ✓ Chat history: Available when signed in
- ✓ Longer conversations: Available when signed in
- ✓ Voice interaction: Available when signed in
- ✗ Microsoft 365 desktop apps with Copilot
- ✗ Higher usage for select Copilot features
- ✗ Higher usage for AI image creation
- ✗ AI-generated audio
- ✗ Visual AI assistance
- ✗ Use Copilot with work files in select apps
- ✗ Microsoft Teams video calling with Copilot
- ✗ Cloud storage
- ✓ Multiple device access: Web, desktop, mobile, and Edge access available
- ✗ Family sharing
- ✗ Advanced AI agents
- ✗ Exclusive advanced Copilot features
- ✗ Video editor with 4K export
- ✗ Identity, data, and device security
- ✗ Free trial
Plus / Pro
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft 365 Personal
$9.99/month
- ✓ AI chat: Included
- ✓ Web-grounded answers: Included
- ✓ Image creation: Included
- ✓ Chat history: Included with signed-in account
- ✓ Longer conversations: Included with signed-in account
- ✓ Voice interaction: Included with signed-in account
- ✓ Microsoft 365 desktop apps with Copilot: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook desktop apps with Microsoft Copilot
- ✓ Higher usage for select Copilot features: Higher than free
- ✓ Higher usage for AI image creation: Higher than free
- ✓ AI-generated audio: Select Copilot features; English only
- ✓ Visual AI assistance: Screen or camera questions in supported experiences
- ✓ Use Copilot with work files in select apps: Select apps
- ✓ Microsoft Teams video calling with Copilot: All-day video calling and Copilot in Teams
- ✓ Cloud storage: 1 TB
- ✓ Multiple device access: Use on PCs, Macs, phones, and tablets; sign into five devices at once
- ✗ Family sharing
- ✗ Advanced AI agents
- ✗ Exclusive advanced Copilot features
- ✓ Video editor with 4K export: 4K export, brand kits, filters, and effects
- ✓ Identity, data, and device security: Included
- ✓ Free trial: 1 month
Monthly cost for a 5-person team
Microsoft Copilot: $50/month
Perplexity: $100/month
Feature Matrix
Grouped capabilities — see who has what at a glance.
Core Features 1 features — Microsoft Copilot: 0/1 · Perplexity: 0/1
Feature
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
Conversational AI Chat
Responds to natural-language questions a...
✗
AI Capabilities 3 features — Microsoft Copilot: 0/3 · Perplexity: 0/3
Feature
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
Image Generation
Creates AI-generated images from text pr...
✗
AI Content Creation Across Formats
Can help create images, videos, document...
✗
Privacy Controls for Training
Provides user-facing controls to manage...
✗
Integrations 1 features — Microsoft Copilot: 0/1 · Perplexity: 0/1
Feature
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
Microsoft 365 App Integration
Adds Copilot capabilities to apps such a...
✗
Developer Features 1 features — Microsoft Copilot: 0/1 · Perplexity: 1/1
Feature
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
API access
✗
✓
Other 12 features — Microsoft Copilot: 0/12 · Perplexity: 5/12
Feature
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
Writing Assistance
Helps draft, rewrite, summarize, and imp...
✗
Cited answers
✗
✓
Pro Search
✗
✓
Voice Interaction
Supports voice-based interaction in Copi...
✗
File upload
✗
✓
Desktop Apps
Provides Copilot access through Windows...
✗
Focus modes
✗
✓
Mobile Apps
Offers Copilot access on iOS and Android...
✗
Collections
✗
✓
File and Information Search
In Microsoft 365 Copilot app experiences...
✗
Copilot Pages and Notebooks
Supports organizing content and moving p...
✗
Web and Browser Access
Runs in a browser through copilot.micros...
✗
Who Should Use What
Pick the tool that matches your workflow.
Choose Microsoft Copilot if you…
- Best for individuals
- students
- and Microsoft 365 users who want a conversational AI assistant for everyday questions
- writing
- brainstorming
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Choose Perplexity if you…
- AI-powered answer engine with citations
- Search-first AI that answers questions with cited sources from the web.
Ratings Breakdown
All 8 RankScore dimensions compared side-by-side.
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
Decision scores
Five-dimension breakdown from expert reviews and verified user ratings (1–10 scale).
Microsoft Copilot
Decision score
Expert + user ratings blended per dimension (1–10 scale)
5.0
Overall / 5★ search score
Privacy/Security
5.0
Perplexity
Decision score
Expert + user ratings blended per dimension (1–10 scale)
5.0
Overall / 5★ search score
Privacy/Security
5.0
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