Copilot Studio Licensing

Summary of Licenses

• Pay-as-you-go:
  • Cost: $0.01 per message
  • No up-front license commitment
  • Flexibility to scale usage
• Message Packs:
  • Cost: $200 per tenant, per month
  • Includes 25,000 messages
  • Additional capacity via pay-as-you-go
  • Requires a free Copilot Studio user license for agent authors
• Microsoft 365 Copilot:
  • Cost: $30 per user, per month
  • Includes agents built for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365 Copilot

Pay-as-you-go Meter

• Charges based on actual messages consumed
• No upfront commitment required
• Ensures business continuity for mission-critical processes
• Configuration details available here

Message Pack Subscriptions

• Provides 25,000 messages per month
• Recommended to sign up for pay-as-you-go for additional capacity
• Simplifies onboarding by acquiring tenant license and user licenses together

Billed Messages

• Measure time and effort for agent actions
• Complexity of tasks affects message count
• Additional details on message scenarios available here

Capacity Enforcement

• Capacity enforced monthly
• Unused messages do not carry over
• Exceeding capacity requires adjustment per Microsoft terms
• Monitoring and alerting mechanisms in place

Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Usage in Microsoft 365 products not counted against message packs/meter
• Features include:
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
  • Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps (Teams, SharePoint)
  • Zero-rated usage for specific answers and actions
  • Copilot Analytics and SharePoint Advanced Management

Dynamics 365 Licenses

• Limited Copilot Studio use rights
• Session capacity included

Features Comparison

| Feature | Pay-as-you-go | Message Packs | Microsoft 365 Copilot | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Included messages | Pay-as-you-go | 25,000 | Unlimited | | Generative AI | Included | Included | Limited | | Create/publish agents | Included | Included | Not included | | Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot | Not included | Not included | Included | | Power Automate | Included | Included | Included | | Connectors | Standard, Premium & Custom | Included | Included | | Data transfer | Included | Included | Included | | Dataverse | Included | Included | Included | | Managed environments | Included | Included | Included | | Publishing channels | External & internal | External & internal | Microsoft 365 experience |

Additional Resources

• Training and further guidance available.