Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.
25,000 Copilot Credits per pack per month; unused credits do not roll over; pay-as-you-go alternative at $0.01 per credit.
8,000 credits per seat per month; prices exclude VAT.
Free trial
Trial licence lets individuals build and test agents but not publish them (length not stated); a new free Azure account includes a $200 credit that can be used for agents
None stated
Platforms
Web
Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)
1,400+ connectors
70+ connectors
Open source
No
No
Good for
An internal help agent in Teams that answers staff questions from company documents
A website agent that answers customer questions from return policies and product manuals
An agent that processes new orders and emails confirmations automatically
An internal assistant that answers questions from Notion, Google Drive and Slack content
Agents that draft sales or support replies using company knowledge
Scheduled agents that compile weekly reports
Watch out for
Publishing agents to channels outside Microsoft 365, such as websites, needs a standalone Copilot Studio plan
Prepaid credits reset monthly without rollover; at 125% of prepaid capacity, custom agents are disabled until capacity is added
Standalone plans require an Azure subscription to use agents
The Business plan is for teams of up to 100 people
Business allows up to 3 connected data sources and 5 remote MCP servers; unlimited connectors need Enterprise
Unused credits do not roll over; SCIM and audit logs are Enterprise-only
Made by
Microsoft Corporation
Dust
Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.
Every tool in AI agent builders is on its category page, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.
