Can Bearly replace Microsoft 365 Copilot?

It can replace some general AI work, but not Microsoft Graph grounding or native Microsoft 365 administration.

Can teams control models in Bearly?

Yes. Bearly documents controls for models, capabilities, connectors, skills, spending, and managed domains.

Can a company use both?

Yes. Use Microsoft 365 Copilot for Microsoft-native work and Bearly when broader model choice is useful.

Bearly vs Microsoft 365 Copilot: Keep Microsoft 365. Open up your model choices.

Bearly adds a multi-model workspace for research, documents, media, meetings, and automation across the rest of your work.

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Choose a model

GPT · Claude · Gemini · Grok · More

Compare models

One prompt. Several answers. One combined result.

Keep working

Research · Images · Video · Voice · Meetings · Browser

Why people switch

More choice. Fewer handoffs.

Your team wants model choice

Offer available models from several providers and control access with team policies.

Work crosses app boundaries

Research, create, meet, browse, and automate from one independent workspace.

Privacy controls matter

Use no-training defaults, encrypted projects, and eligible zero-retention chat models.

When Microsoft 365 Copilot makes more sense: Choose Microsoft 365 Copilot when deep Microsoft Graph, Teams, Outlook, Word, and Excel integration is the main requirement.

Inside Bearly

More than chat.

Chat: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and more
Create: Images, video, speech, and OCR
Work: Research, transcription, meetings, browser, and routines

Available models and tools vary by plan and account.

Feature comparison

Bearly vs Microsoft 365 Copilot, at a glance.

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FeatureBearlyMicrosoft 365 Copilot

Models from multiple providersYesLimited

Bearly

Plans: Free, Pro, Analyst, Research, Max, Enterprise.

Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

Available models vary by plan, platform, project, and team policy

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Windows, Microsoft 365 Copilot for macOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for iOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Android.

Manual model selectionYesYes

Bearly

Plans: Not specified in the source.

Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

Available models vary by plan and policy

Change your chat settings

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Windows, Microsoft 365 Copilot for macOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for iOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Android.

Preview

Side-by-side model comparisonYesYes

Bearly

Plans: Pro, Analyst, Research, Max, Enterprise.

Platforms: Not specified in the source.

Requires Pro or higher and at least two allowed models

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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Windows.

Preview

Model Council requires the Frontier program, administrator enablement for Anthropic models, and the Microsoft Copilot license; Microsoft documents desktop and web app access only.

Use Model Council with Researcher in Microsoft Copilot

Synthesized multi-model answerYesYes

Bearly

Plans: Pro, Analyst, Research, Max, Enterprise.

Platforms: Not specified in the source.

A stopped or failed council may retain individual answers without a synthesis

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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Windows.

Preview

Model Council's multi-model summary is a Frontier preview and requires the relevant Microsoft Copilot license and tenant model controls.

Use Model Council with Researcher in Microsoft Copilot

Model controlsYesLimited

Bearly

Plans: Not specified in the source.

Platforms: Not specified in the source.

Managed teams only

Set team policies

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Windows, Microsoft 365 Copilot for macOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for iOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Android.

Model allow or block controls are documented for agents and tenant-enabled choices, not a single universal control over every response.

Deep research modeYesYes

Bearly

Plans: Analyst, Research, Max, Enterprise.

Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

Standard is estimated at $3 and requires Analyst or higher; Ultra is estimated at $7 and requires Research.

Deep Research requires Web and Web Search, and a managed policy can disable it.

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Windows, Microsoft 365 Copilot for macOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for iOS, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Android.

Video generationYesLimited

Bearly

Plans: Not specified in the source.

Platforms: Not specified in the source.

Generate videos

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web.

Video creation requires Clipchamp to be enabled by the organization; AI-generated short clips are a Frontier early-access feature, and image-input behavior is surface-dependent.

Live transcriptionYesConnected

Bearly

Plans: Not specified in the source.

Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

Record and transcribe meetings

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.

Platforms: Microsoft Teams.

Password-encrypted projectsYesNot confirmed

Bearly

Plans: Not specified in the source.

Platforms: Not specified in the source.

Protect a project with a password

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Plans: Not specified in the source.

Platforms: Not specified in the source.

Release state not checked

No provider record row was supplied for this catalog question.

We could not confirm this from a current first-party source.

We make Bearly. Features checked September 1, 2026 from first-party sources. “Not confirmed” means we could not verify it—not that the feature is missing. See the full research.

Moving to Bearly

Bring the work worth keeping.

Start with work that does not depend on Microsoft tenant data. Keep Graph-dependent workflows in Microsoft 365.

01
Create your workspace
Start free and choose the model you already know.
02
Bring what matters
Add the files, instructions, and templates behind your useful work.
03
Try one real task
Run something you already do in Microsoft 365 Copilot, then add another model or Bearly tool.

Questions

Before you switch.

Can Bearly replace Microsoft 365 Copilot?: It can replace some general AI work, but not Microsoft Graph grounding or native Microsoft 365 administration.
Can teams control models in Bearly?: Yes. Bearly documents controls for models, capabilities, connectors, skills, spending, and managed domains.
Can a company use both?: Yes. Use Microsoft 365 Copilot for Microsoft-native work and Bearly when broader model choice is useful.

Keep comparing

See how Bearly stacks up.

Get Bearly

Bearly vs Microsoft 365 Copilot: Keep Microsoft 365. Open up your model choices.

More choice. Fewer handoffs.

Your team wants model choice

Work crosses app boundaries

Privacy controls matter

More than chat.

Bearly vs Microsoft 365 Copilot, at a glance.

Bring the work worth keeping.

Create your workspace

Bring what matters

Try one real task

Before you switch.

See how Bearly stacks up.