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Microsoft 365 Copilot vs Notion

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.

Compared on
Microsoft 365 Copilot

From $21/user/mo

Notion

Free plan · from $10/member/mo

What it isAI assistant built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams for businessWorkspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AI
Free planNoPages and blocks unlimited for individuals but limited for workspaces with 2+ members; file uploads up to 5 MB; 7-day page history; up to 10 external guests; 1 chart; Notion AI as a limited trial only.
Cheapest paid plan$21/user/mo billed annually (Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (add-on))Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing$10/member/mo billed annually (Plus)Notion pricing
What it coversAdd-on only for existing customers with an eligible Microsoft 365 Business plan, which is paid for separately. Monthly figure is the monthly-subscription price. A promotional price of $18.00 per user/month (paid yearly) is offered between July 1 and December 31, 2026.Notion AI is only a limited trial on Plus. Full Notion AI starts on Business: $24 per member/month billed monthly, or $20 billed yearly.
Free trialNone statedNone stated
PlatformsNot statedWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Summarising long email threads and Teams meetings for a small team
  • Drafting proposals and reports in Word from existing files
  • Getting a first-pass analysis of spreadsheet data in Excel
  • Keeping a team wiki, meeting notes and project tracker in one shared workspace
  • Building simple databases for clients, content calendars or hiring without code
  • Summarising meetings and drafting documents with AI on the Business plan
Watch out for
  • Copilot Business is an add-on: it needs a separate, eligible Microsoft 365 Business plan
  • Business plans cover identity and access management for up to 300 users; larger organisations use the enterprise plan at $30.00 user/month paid yearly
  • A monthly subscription costs 20% more per user than paying yearly ($25.20 vs $21.00 for the add-on)
  • Notion AI is only a limited trial on Free and Plus; full access starts on Business ($20 per member/month billed yearly)
  • Free plan limits file uploads to 5 MB and page history to 7 days, and block storage is limited once a workspace has 2+ members
  • Custom Agents and premium AI models use Notion credits, which are charged separately
Made byMicrosoft CorporationNotion Labs, Inc.

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.

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