Microsoft Copilot vs Perplexity comparison

By starting price alone, Microsoft Copilot is $10.01 cheaper. But price is not everything, so check the highlighted rows in the table below.

Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity compared side by side in AI.

CurrencyUSD KRW EUR

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft's AI assistant built into Windows, Edge and Office

An AI search engine that answers with source links

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

Item	Microsoft CopilotVisit site	PerplexityVisit site
Starting price	$9.99+Official USD price	$20+Official USD price
Free tier	Free plan available	Free plan available
Korean support	Good	Good
Main models	OpenAI GPT-5 family (Smart/Think Deeper) GPT-5.5/Claude selectable for business MAI in-house models (image/voice)	Sonar 2 (in-house) GPT-5.6 Terra/Sol Claude Sonnet 5/Opus 5 Gemini 3.7 Flash Grok 4.6 Kimi K3 and others selectable
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Writing/Productivity	Search, Chatbot/Assistant
Company	Microsoft, United States	Perplexity AI, United States
Plans	Free M365 Personal $9.99 Family $12.99 Premium $19.99 Pro $99.99 For business: Copilot Business $21 (annual), Enterprise $30 (annual)	Free Pro $20 (annual $200) Education Pro $10 Max $200 (annual $2,000) Enterprise Pro $40 per seat Enterprise Max API pay-as-you-go
Pros	Works directly with Windows, Word and Excel Latest-level models available for free	Sources shown for every answer Strong at searching the latest information Can pick models from several companies
Cons	Office integration features need a Microsoft 365 subscription Weak personality as a standalone chatbot	Weaker than general chatbots at long creative writing and conversation Source summaries are sometimes inaccurate

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (2026-10-20). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.