The 10 Best Microsoft Copilot Alternatives in 2026

The search for a Microsoft Copilot alternative usually starts after the first invoice. You roll out Copilot, your team summarises email threads in Outlook and builds slides faster in PowerPoint, and then your accountant still opens DATEV and books the supplier invoice by hand. Copilot drafted the covering note. The booking was never its job. For teams evaluating the Microsoft AI stack, that gap is the reason to look wider.

This list compares ten real alternatives, each checked against its vendor page.

What is a Microsoft Copilot alternative?

A Microsoft Copilot alternative is an AI tool a company uses instead of, or alongside, Microsoft 365 Copilot to write, research, analyse or get work done. The term covers three groups: other AI assistants such as ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude or Gemini Enterprise, AI built into enterprise search and your own data such as Glean or Notion AI, and AI employees such as Superkind that carry out tasks in your systems and ask before anything goes out.

Why alternatives to Microsoft Copilot?

AI is now standard in German companies: 57 percent use it in 2026, up from 36 percent a year earlier¹. Microsoft 365 Copilot is often the first step, because it sits inside tools your team already opens every day. Still, IT leads, management and department heads look at alternatives for good reasons:

• Copilot assists, it does not act - it drafts, summarises and suggests inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. The invoice still has to be booked in DATEV and the order entered in SAP, and that work stays with your team.
• It needs the Microsoft stack - Copilot Business is an add-on on top of an existing Microsoft 365 licence². If your team is not fully on Microsoft 365, or runs on Google Workspace, the fit is weaker.
• Licensing cost - at $21 per user per month on top of the base plan², the real price per seat is the base licence plus the add-on, not the headline number.
• One model family - some teams want to choose between models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Mistral, or keep data in Europe, rather than one bundled stack.
• Control - approvals, admin rights and company rules matter more once AI touches customers, money or contracts.

The 10 best Microsoft Copilot alternatives compared

The table gives you the short version. Prices are as of October 2026 and only listed where the vendor publishes them. Hosting and data protection are shown as the vendor documents them; where the vendor page does not say, check with the vendor.

The 10 best Microsoft Copilot alternatives in detail

Superkind comes first because it answers a different question: not “which assistant is better?” but “who does the work?”. The other nine are described as their vendors document them.

1. Superkind

Superkind is not another assistant inside your Office apps. It is an AI employee for your team: you write to Superkind in Outlook or any email inbox, Microsoft Teams, Slack or the Superkind web app like you would to a colleague, and Superkind does the task in your programs and asks you before anything goes out. It is hosted in Europe, GDPR compliant and works in your systems through 1,500+ integrations, including Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Excel and DATEV. Where Copilot drafts a reply in Outlook and leaves the booking to you, Superkind books the invoice in your accounting software and shows it to you for approval. It is aligned with the EU AI Act, and no model is trained on your data. Under the hood it uses AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral and Google, processed in Europe.

Features

• One AI employee, every channel - the same Superkind works in email, Teams, Slack and the web app, with the same knowledge, rules and approvals. Daniel emails a task, his colleague Nadine sees the result in Teams.
• Does the work in your systems - 1,500+ integrations including Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and Excel, plus DATEV, SAP Business One, lexoffice, HubSpot, Salesforce and Personio. Superkind books invoices, matches bank payments, writes payment reminders and sends quotes, so nobody copies data by hand.
• Approval and your rules - before it sends, books or changes anything, Superkind asks you to approve or reject. It follows rules like “Quotes over €10,000 need sign-off from management”.
• Company Brain, routines and your own apps - every task makes Superkind smarter, and the knowledge about customers, prices and processes stays when people leave. What you explain once runs as a routine. When it gets more complex, you build custom solutions and apps with their own interfaces on the Superkind platform, yourself or with the Superkind team. It all belongs to you.

Best for

• Teams that want tasks done, not just drafted
• Accounting, purchasing, sales and customer service
• Companies on Microsoft 365, Teams or Slack with systems like DATEV or SAP
• Companies without an in-house AI team

How to use Superkind as your Copilot alternative

The difference to Copilot shows in four steps. Take a payment reminder: with Copilot you get a drafted text to paste somewhere, with Superkind the reminder is written in your accounting software and ready to send.

1. 1

   You write to Superkind

   In Outlook, Teams, Slack or the web app, in plain words, like to a colleague. No prompt templates, no new tool for your team to learn.

2. 2

   Superkind does it in your system

   It finds the overdue invoices in lexoffice, writes the reminders with your company knowledge and follows your rules, for example which customers get a phone call first.

3. 3

   Superkind asks for approval

   Before anything goes out, you see the reminders and click Approve or Reject, wherever you are: in Teams, Slack or your inbox.

4. 4

   Done, and next time it is a routine

   Say it once, and it keeps running: “Every Monday, check overdue invoices and prepare reminders.”

From the first task to your own app

For a team that runs on Microsoft 365, the path from Copilot alternative to your own AI team takes four stages.

1. 1

   Ready in minutes

   Sign up for free and send the first task by email or in Teams, for example the overdue invoices in lexoffice, and watch it get done.

2. 2

   Tasks become routines

   What you explain once keeps running, such as the reminders every Monday, and Superkind asks for approval in Outlook or Teams before anything goes out.

3. 3

   Learns from day one

   Every task adds to your Company Brain: which customers get a call first, your prices, your processes. This knowledge stays when people leave.

4. 4

   Your own apps on the platform

   When it gets more complex, you do not start over: you build custom solutions and apps on top of what Superkind already knows, your own Super App, yourself or with the Superkind team. It all belongs to you.

Data protection and EU hosting

For a Copilot alternative this means that the emails, invoices and customer data Superkind handles in Outlook, Teams or DATEV are processed in Europe, so you can compare it directly with the data residency terms of a US-hosted assistant.

2. ChatGPT Enterprise (OpenAI)

ChatGPT Enterprise is OpenAI’s business tier of the assistant most teams already know. It is the closest direct alternative to Copilot Chat, with the controls IT needs: OpenAI states it does not train on your business data or conversations³.

Features

• No training on your data - business data and conversations are not used to train the models³.
• Admin console - member management, domain verification, SSO and usage analytics³.
• Enterprise identity - SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning and role-based access controls⁴.
• Security - SOC 2 compliance, with data encrypted in transit and at rest⁴.

Best for

• Teams that want the ChatGPT experience with enterprise controls
• Writing, analysis and research
• Companies that are not tied to the Microsoft stack
• Price: not published, quoted on request³

3. Google Gemini Enterprise

Gemini Enterprise is Google’s answer to Copilot: a work agent that brings search, chat and prebuilt agents together, plus Gemini inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Meet⁵. For a company on Google Workspace, it is the natural fit the way Copilot is for a Microsoft 365 company.

Features

• Gemini in Workspace - summaries, writing help and analysis inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets⁵.
• Chat and search - one place to ask questions across your company’s connected data⁵.
• Prebuilt agents - ready-made agents for common tasks⁵.
• Agent builder - build your own agents on top, without deep coding⁵.

Best for

• Companies on Google Workspace
• Teams that work in Gmail and Google Docs
• Building first agents on Google’s stack
• Price (as of October 2026): Business from about $21 per seat/month on annual commitment⁵

4. Anthropic Claude

Claude is the AI assistant from the US company Anthropic and a strong alternative for writing and analysis. Teams use it for long documents, careful drafting and reviews. On the Team and Enterprise plans, Anthropic does not train on your data by default⁶.

Features

• Writing and analysis - drafts, summaries and reviews of long contracts, reports and spreadsheets.
• Connectors - available on all plans, so Claude can read from the tools your team uses⁶.
• Team plan with admin - central billing, usage analytics, SSO and connector controls⁶.
• Claude Code - included from the Pro plan, for teams that build small internal tools themselves⁶.

Best for

• Management and assistant tasks
• Teams that write a lot
• Analysing long documents
• Price (as of October 2026): Pro $20/month, Team Standard $25 per seat/month or $20 billed annually⁶

5. Perplexity Enterprise

Perplexity is an AI answer engine: it searches the web and your files and shows the sources behind every answer. That makes it the alternative for research rather than writing. Perplexity states that it never trains its models on enterprise customers’ data⁷.

Features

• Answers with sources - every statement links to where it comes from.
• File search and connectors - answers from your own files and tools⁷.
• Security - SOC 2 Type II, SSO and SCIM, audit logs⁷.
• Auto-deletion - uploaded files can be deleted automatically within a day⁷.

Best for

• Market and competitor research
• Preparing sales calls
• Checking facts with sources
• Price: Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max per seat, on request

6. Glean

Glean is a Work AI platform built around enterprise search: it connects to the tools your company already uses and puts that context to work in an assistant and in agents⁸. It is the alternative when your problem is less “write this” and more “find what we already know, across everything”.

Features

• Enterprise search - finds information wherever it lives across your work tools⁸.
• Assistant and agents - a personalised assistant plus agents that act on natural-language instructions⁸.
• Connectors and context - an enterprise graph that maps relationships and processes across connected apps⁸.
• Model choice - routes tasks across many models rather than locking you to one⁸.

Best for

• Teams with knowledge spread across many tools
• IT and operations that need internal search
• Companies building agents on their own data
• Price: custom, quoted by Glean⁸

7. Notion AI

Notion AI is the alternative for teams whose knowledge already lives in Notion. Instead of a separate assistant, the AI works directly in your wiki, project pages and meeting notes⁹.

Features

• Notion Agent - writes, edits and organises pages in your workspace⁹.
• AI Meeting Notes - records and summarises meetings⁹.
• Enterprise Search - searches across connected apps like Slack and GitHub⁹.
• Data controls - zero data retention with the AI providers on the Enterprise plan⁹.

Best for

• Teams that already work in Notion
• Project and product teams
• Documentation and meeting notes
• Price (as of October 2026): Business $20/member/month⁹

8. Mistral (Le Chat)

Mistral AI from France offers Le Chat, a European answer to Copilot Chat, with a free plan, a low-priced Pro plan and custom deployments that keep data in your own environment¹⁰.

Features

• 100+ connectors - already on the free plan¹⁰.
• Agents and workflows - custom agents and workflows on the higher plans¹⁰.
• Self-hosted or on-premises - Team and Enterprise customers can deploy in their private cloud or on their own servers¹⁰.
• Model training opt-out - you can switch off training on your data¹⁰.

Best for

• Companies that prefer a European provider
• Teams that need on-premises AI
• Cost-conscious small teams
• Price (as of October 2026): Pro $14.99/month, Team $24.99/user/month, excluding taxes¹⁰

9. Langdock

Langdock is a Berlin-based AI workspace that gives your team many models in one place, hosted in the EU. Instead of one assistant, employees choose the right model for the task, and admins keep control over access and data¹¹.

Features

• 40+ models - one chat for models from several providers¹¹.
• Custom agents - included in the base subscription¹¹.
• Workflows - automations as an add-on, priced per workspace¹¹.
• EU deployment - GDPR compliant, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II; managed, in your own cloud or on-premises¹¹.

Best for

• Companies that want model choice
• IT teams that need central control
• Data-sensitive industries
• Price (as of October 2026): Business from €25/user/month excl. VAT, 7-day free trial¹¹

10. nele.ai

nele.ai comes from GAL Digital in central Hesse and is built for German companies that want to start small. You pay for usage, not per person, so the whole team can use it from day one¹².

Features

• Several models - GPT, Claude and Gemini models in one interface¹².
• Hosted in the EU - servers in the EU with a German location, ISO 27001, no training on your data¹².
• Personal data filter - personal data can be removed before AI processing and reinserted afterwards¹².
• Word and Excel add-ins - plus a prompt library and knowledge databases for your own documents¹².

Best for

• Small teams with a tight budget
• Companies that want everyone to have access
• Office work in Word and Excel
• Price (as of October 2026): from €10/month for 1,000 credits for all employees, excl. VAT¹²

How to choose the right Copilot alternative

Six questions sort the list before you book a single trial.

1. Should the AI assist or act?

If your team mainly needs texts, summaries and ideas inside Office, Copilot or an assistant like ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude or Gemini Enterprise is enough. If the work afterwards always ends in DATEV, SAP or the CRM, look for a tool that does the task there, like Superkind.

2. Which stack does your team live in?

A company fully on Microsoft 365 gets a lot from Copilot, a Google Workspace company more from Gemini Enterprise. Superkind works in Outlook, Teams and Slack alike and connects to Microsoft 365, so it fits either stack without replacing it.

3. Where does your data go?

Ask every vendor three things: is my data used for training, where is it hosted, and do I get a data processing agreement? Mistral, Langdock and nele.ai keep data in the EU, and Superkind is hosted and processed in Europe with no training on your data and a DPA through its Trust Center. Also plan who in your team gets AI training: Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires companies that use AI to ensure sufficient AI literacy among their staff¹³.

4. Do you need model choice?

Copilot runs on OpenAI models through Microsoft. Glean, Langdock and nele.ai give you models from several providers in one place, which helps if different departments prefer different models or you do not want to depend on one vendor.

5. Who approves what?

As soon as AI sends emails, books invoices or changes customer data, you need approvals and rules. Check whether the tool asks before it acts and whether you can set rules like “Quotes over €10,000 need sign-off from management”.

6. What is the real price per seat?

Copilot Business is an add-on on top of a Microsoft 365 licence, so the real cost is base plan plus add-on². Compare that against per-user plans like Claude or Notion, usage-based nele.ai, or Superkind (as of October 2026): a free start with a one-off up to €150 in credits, Business from €50 per month for unlimited users with no price per seat, and Enterprise at a custom price.

6 tips for switching from Microsoft Copilot

Start with one task, not a tool rollout

Pick one task that costs your team time every week, such as payment reminders or comparing quotes, and test the alternative on exactly that task.

Separate “assist” from “act”

List where Copilot helps you write and where you still copy the result into another system by hand. The second list is where an AI employee like Superkind pays off.

Write down your rules first

Who signs off quotes, which customers get a call before a reminder, where complaints go. These rules make every AI tool better, and with Superkind they become part of the Company Brain from day one.

Test with real cases

Use last month’s real invoices, emails and quotes, not demo data. Only real cases show how a tool handles your exceptions.

Keep knowledge in the company

Prompts and know-how in personal chat histories leave with the person. Choose a tool where knowledge, rules and routines belong to the company.

Measure the time, not the drafts

A good draft that still needs twenty minutes of copying is not a saving. Track how long a task takes from start to finished, before and after.

Conclusion

If you need a better assistant, ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude and Gemini Enterprise are strong Copilot alternatives, Glean and Notion AI fit if your problem is finding what you already know, and Mistral, Langdock or nele.ai add EU hosting and model choice. If you want the work itself off your team’s desk, you need an AI employee that acts in your programs and asks before anything goes out. Your next step: pick one task your team repeats every week and send it to Superkind in Outlook, Teams or Slack today.

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Henri Jung

Co-founder of Superkind, the AI employee teams write to in Outlook, Teams and Slack. Henri helps companies, from small teams to the Mittelstand, hand their routine work to AI - without new tools, consultants or an in-house AI team.