Dust vs Microsoft Copilot Studio vs Gumloop

Compared on	Dust Free plan · from $24/seat/mo VisitRemove	Microsoft Copilot Studio From $200/mo VisitRemove	Gumloop Free trial · from $37/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Workspace for building and sharing AI agents connected to company data	Microsoft's low-code tool for building AI agents for Microsoft 365 and websites	AI agent builder for teams, with model choice and admin controls on AI spend
Free plan	Free seat: 500 credits in total (a lifetime allowance, not monthly); when used up, free users are prompted to request an upgrade	No	No
Cheapest paid plan	$24/seat/mo billed annually (Pro seat (Business plan))Dust pricing	$200/mo (Copilot Credit capacity pack)Microsoft Copilot Studio pricing	$37/mo (Pro)Gumloop pricing
What it covers	8,000 credits per seat per month; prices exclude VAT.	25,000 Copilot Credits per pack per month; unused credits do not roll over; pay-as-you-go alternative at $0.01 per credit.	'Starts at' price; 20,000 credits/month included; 8% orchestration fee; unlimited seats.
Free trial	None stated	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	14-day free trial of Pro
Platforms	Web, API	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	70+ connectors	1,400+ connectors	300+ native integrations
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	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	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	Building a shared agent that drafts content or reports from company data Qualifying leads and updating a CRM Analysing sales calls or support tickets
Watch out for	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	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	No free plan; Pro starts with a 14-day trial When the 20,000 monthly credits run out, agents stop unless pay-as-you-go is turned on ($0.005 per credit; off by default) Pro allows 5 concurrent workflow runs and hosting of 1 MCP server
Made by	Dust	Microsoft Corporation	AgentHub Inc. (Gumloop)

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