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GPT-4o vs Microsoft Copilot

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
GPT-4o
Writing
Microsoft Copilot
Writing
TaglineOpenAI's multimodal flagship behind ChatGPT.Microsoft's consumer AI assistant, formerly Bing Chat, now powered by GPT-4-class models with web grounding and image generation.
CategoryWritingWriting
PricingFreemium· Free tier; Plus $20/mo; Pro $200/moFreemium· Free; Copilot Pro $20/mo; Microsoft 365 Copilot from $30/user/mo
ModelGPT-4oGPT-4-class (OpenAI) + DALL-E
Editorial score9.4 / 10—
Use cases
general writingsummarizationvisionvoice mode
conversational-searchwriting-assistanceimage-generationresearchcode-help
Pros
  • Strong all-rounder
  • Voice mode is uncannily good
  • Huge ecosystem & plugins
  • Available in ChatGPT, API, Copilot
  • Free tier with live web grounding and inline source citations
  • Built-in DALL-E image generation at no cost
  • Tight integration with Edge, Windows, and Microsoft 365
  • Multimodal: accepts text, voice, and image inputs
Cons
  • Style can be generic without nudging
  • Hallucinates citations occasionally
  • Context smaller than Claude on long docs
  • Heavier guardrails and refusals than raw ChatGPT
  • No public API on the consumer endpoint (use Azure OpenAI instead)
  • Conversation length and memory are more limited than ChatGPT Plus
  • Quality has drifted as Microsoft swaps models behind the scenes
Websitechatgpt.comcopilot.microsoft.com
Pick GPT-4o if
  • ✅ Strong all-rounder
  • ✅ Voice mode is uncannily good
  • ✅ Huge ecosystem & plugins
  • ✅ Available in ChatGPT, API, Copilot
Pick Microsoft Copilot if
  • ✅ Free tier with live web grounding and inline source citations
  • ✅ Built-in DALL-E image generation at no cost
  • ✅ Tight integration with Edge, Windows, and Microsoft 365
  • ✅ Multimodal: accepts text, voice, and image inputs
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