The best Microsoft Copilot Studio alternatives

An AI workforce with nothing to build: every employee gets a teammate they text on WhatsApp or iMessage, add to group chats, mention in Slack or email. A coordinator hands jobs to specialists across 1,400+ apps, Outlook, Excel and Teams meetings included, with a Full, Ask first or Read-only lock on each.

What it is

AI agents you text on iMessage and WhatsApp, mention in Slack or email, and add to your group chats, where they keep every message and file and follow up on what people promised.

Where it works

iMessage and WhatsApp (one-to-one and group chats), Slack, email and a web app

What it costs

A 3-day free trial, then Starter at $29 a month (300 credits, 3 agents, one person), Growth at $99 (up to 10 people) or Business at $249 (no limit on people). Credits are shared across the workspace, with no charge per person.

Worth knowing

Built for work rather than personal shopping and errands, and phone calls are switched off for now.

If your company runs on Salesforce rather than Microsoft: agents built on your CRM and Data 360, plus Coworker for each employee.

What it is

Salesforce's agent platform: admins build agents that act on the CRM and Data 360 for sales, service and field teams, plus Agentforce Coworker, each employee's AI teammate.

Where it works

Inside Salesforce and its mobile app, Slack and email; for customers, web chat, WhatsApp, SMS, Messenger, Apple Messages for Business and voice (messaging add-ons)

What it costs

Flex Credits at $500 per 100,000 (an action is 20 credits) or $2 a conversation; add-ons from $125 a user a month; Coworker $50 a user a month or in Foundations; needs Enterprise Edition or above

Worth knowing

It needs a Salesforce Enterprise, Performance or Unlimited org with Data 360, its WhatsApp and SMS are customer-service channels sold as add-ons, and agents are built by admins.

A multiplayer agent builder that isn't tied to one ecosystem, in Slack, Teams and the web, with per-tool approval rules.

What it is

A multiplayer AI agent builder: teams build shared agents with subagents, triggers and approval rules, and each person also gets a personal agent, Gumball.

Where it works

Web app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email (each agent can have its own inbox), a Chrome extension, an API and CLI; texting over iMessage, RCS and SMS one-to-one on Enterprise

What it costs

Pro from $37 a month for 20,000 credits, plus an 8% orchestration fee and compute per minute; 14-day trial with a card; Enterprise custom; unlimited seats, credits shared

Worth knowing

Texting is Enterprise-only and one-to-one (group chats are ignored), WhatsApp is a connector rather than a channel, and its privacy policy lets it train on self-serve customers' content.

One AI employee for a Slack or Teams workspace, priced per workspace.

What it is

One shared AI employee for a Slack or Microsoft Teams workspace.

Where it works

Slack and Microsoft Teams, web chat for Slack workspaces, its own email address and an API

What it costs

Up to $100 of free credits; Team plan from $50 a month per workspace, credits shared rather than per seat

Worth knowing

Not in iMessage or WhatsApp that we could find, and it reads notes from notetaker apps rather than joining calls.

One assistant your team shares, in iMessage, SMS, Slack and email, with a meeting notetaker.

What it is

An AI assistant a team shares, that you text, mention in Slack or email, with a meeting notetaker, phone calls from its own number and internal apps it builds.

Where it works

iMessage, SMS and RCS, Slack, email, a Chrome extension in Gmail, meetings (Meet, Zoom, Teams) and phone calls

What it costs

Free week with $50 of credits; Team from $29.99 a month for every active user (3,000 credits each, pooled), with 5,000-credit and larger tiers; Enterprise priced on request

Worth knowing

No WhatsApp that we could find, every active user is billed, and its integration docs say guardrails apply in shared Slack threads, not in DMs, iMessage or SMS.

If your team already uses ChatGPT: workspace agents and Slack and Teams on business plans, priced per seat.

What it is

OpenAI's general AI assistant for writing, research, images and code, with scheduled tasks, plugins for 4,000+ apps and always-on dots on its top plans.

Where it works

Web, desktop and mobile apps; Slack and Microsoft Teams on business plans; WhatsApp in the EEA only; a phone line in the US and Canada

What it costs

Free; Go $8, Plus $20 and Pro from $100 a month; Business priced per seat, with dots on its Premium seats

Worth knowing

You open it to use it: no iMessage, WhatsApp only in the EEA, group chats were retired in July 2026, and personal plans train on your chats unless you opt out.

If your team already uses Claude: connectors to your apps, Office add-ins and Claude in Slack on Team and Enterprise.

What it is

Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding and documents, with background and scheduled tasks and connectors to your apps.

Where it works

Web, desktop and mobile apps; Claude Tag in Slack (beta, Team and Enterprise); Office and Google add-ins; Chrome

What it costs

Free; Pro $20 a month ($17 billed yearly); Max $100; Ultra $200; Team from $20 a seat a month, billed yearly

Worth knowing

You open it to use it: no first-party iMessage, WhatsApp or SMS channel, and no notetaker that joins your calls that we could find.