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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Alexa for Business (discontinued)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAlexa for Business was a service that enabled organizations and employees to use Alexa to get more work done. With Alexa for Business, employees can use Alexa as their intelligent assistant to be more productive in meeting rooms, at their desks, and with Alexa devices. Amazon has pivoted away from the service, and it is not part of their product lineup any longer.

    $3

    per month per user

    Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AFor enterprises, Microsoft 365 Copilot (or just Microsoft Copilot) is a generative AI operating as an intelligent virtual assistant for work. Through a chat interface, business users can use it to solve a variety of complex tasks.

    $31.50

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Amazon Alexa for Business (discontinued)Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Editions & Modules
    Enrolled users
    $3
    per month per user
    Shared devices
    $7
    per month per device
    Microsoft Copilot
    $31.50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Alexa for Business (discontinued)Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing shown is based on an annual commitment. Discount available for annual payment.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon Alexa for Business (discontinued)Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    70%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Alexa for Business (discontinued)Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (15 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Alexa for Business (discontinued)Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Virtual assistants at work are still new features and have a lot to improve. 
    The more features we have, the more we want new features.
    In small environments we have "noise" between virtual assistants, making use inappropriate.
    But in more distributed environments it is very good.
    We still have a lot to learn (both, us and our Alexas).
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    Microsoft
    I highly recommend its usage in Teams meetings to prepare a session transcript, meeting minutes,
    next steps and recognize speech by person. Also within the meeting recording, there is separation between the people talking at the time. The Copilot image creation is very accurate and useful to
    customize my PowerPoint presentations and other documents
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Communication between people on the team.
    • Interactive personal assistant.
    • Better workspace management.
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    Microsoft
    • Good analysis of the ticket system at the service desk, so that this can be anticipated properly
    • For the management of IT environments, quick examples of scripting for desired solutions
    • For consultants and managers, they co-pilot a technical report into language understandable to a non-technical client, including a visual summary.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Could have a feature for group chats.
    • Alexa has some problems hearing nearby voices.
    • Website suggestions are irrelevant sometimes (should have user evaluation functionality for the answer, improving accuracy).
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    Microsoft
    • The quality of image generation in Microsoft Copilot could be improved. Compared to other AI platforms, Copilot's images often fall short in quality and frequently contain typos.
    • When generating agents and chatbots, Microsoft Copilot currently doesn't appear to support file download functionality.
    • The email reply function is useful, but the responses can sometimes be overly elaborate. It would be helpful to have more options for adjusting the tone.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
    Absolutely!!! I have a high regard for the product and will use it for years to come.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I give this rating because of the utilization I do with the product and the level security it provides which is very good. In our organization it is best suited as we have all other Microsoft tools with us. The offering made by Microsoft is great, I gave 9 out of 10 as sometimes it hallucinates as well.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We looked at two other alternatives: Google Nest and Apple. But Alexa already has popular devices that many people on the team already had in their homes. And it would be easier to integrate into the professional environment. The cost of Amazon products is also much lower, which makes the product more competitive.
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    Microsoft
    We needed a tool where secure data was not submitted to servers to process as we have some health care related data to keep private. We also needed to be able to test this tool without committing first to see if it is a fit and Microsoft provided this easily to us.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Difficulties with technology integration.
    • Identify all possible uses.
    • We still lost a lot of time making new settings.
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    Microsoft
    • It is too early to tell at the moment but I can see it as a positive moving forward
    • The amount of time saved in creating content will be a huge asset for faculty
    • The same holds true for students as they to will be able to safe a lot of time
    Incentivized
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