Microsoft Copilot vs Claude
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Anthropic's assistant and models for writing, analysis and agentic cod...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.5 / 10 | 9 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free Copilot on the web, Windows, Edge and mobile within unpublished usage limits; Copilot Chat included with eligible Microsoft 365 work plans | Free plan: chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, file creation and code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts, up to 5 projects, usage limits apply |
| Paid from | $9.99/mo (Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot), business add-on $30/user/mo paid yearly | $20/month (Pro, or $17/month on annual billing) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | ~420M monthly active users across all Copilot surfaces (Microsoft, Q1 2026) | Tens of millions of users globally |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | Microsoft | Anthropic |
| Verdict | Copilot is the AI most office workers meet first, because it already sits inside Windows, Outlook, Word and Teams. The licensed business version grounds answers in a company's own mail, files and meetings through Work IQ... |
Claude covers the full range from a free chat app to Anthropic's API, and the autumn 2026 releases reset the lineup: Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's recommended default, Fable 5.1 handles the longest agentic jobs, and Haiku 5.5... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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