Dust vs Microsoft Copilot Studio

Two AI agents tools side by side: what each does, what it costs and who it suits.

The verdict Side by side Plans and pricing Who each is for Other options

The verdict

On the data we hold, Dust comes out ahead. Here is why, point by point.

What the data says

Dust covers more of the features we compared: 4 of 4, against 3.
Only Dust has a free plan to start on.
Only Microsoft Copilot Studio has an MCP server, so an AI employee can work in it directly.
In our AI agents ranking, Dust places 3 and Microsoft Copilot Studio 8 of 11.

Side by side

Dust and Microsoft Copilot Studio compared
8 points compared	Dust	Microsoft Copilot Studio
Starts at	€24/mo	$200/mo
Free plan	Yes	No
API	Yes	Yes
MCP server	No	Yes
Document/source grounding	Yes	Yes
Multi-agent workflows	Yes	Yes
No-code builder	Yes	Yes
Self-hostable	Yes	No
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

Dust

FreeFree seat with 500 lifetime credits, up to 5 users, 3 connectors.Free
ProPer seat with 8,000 credits per seat per month.€30/mo/seat
MaxPer seat with 40,000 credits per seat per month.€150/mo/seat

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Copilot Credit pack (prepaid)Tenant-wide pack of 25,000 Copilot Credits per month, billed at 200 USD per pack per month.$200/mo

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose Dust if…

Teams of any size that want custom AI agents grounded in their own tools and documents, with permissions and audit logs, without writing code.

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Choose Microsoft Copilot Studio if…

Organisations already running Microsoft 365 and Azure that want internal or customer-facing AI agents built, governed and published from one low-code platform.

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