# Microsoft Copilot Studio: what's new, verdict & setup

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/copilot-studio · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Microsoft · Official site: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-copilot-studio

> Microsoft's platform for creating and managing custom agents, workflows and apps with no code.

## Verdict

**Microsoft's platform for creating and managing custom agents, workflows and apps with no code.**

Good for:
- Microsoft 365 organizations building internal agents

Skip if:
- You want open source

Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves.

Pricing: Not verified. Pricing not captured. (checked 2026-10-25)

## Best for

- [Best AI tool for agent building](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/agent-building) (#-): Microsoft's low-code platform for custom agents.

## Key facts

The Copilot Studio page describes a platform for creating and managing custom agents, workflows and apps with no code. Pricing was not captured.

- License: Proprietary
- Platforms: Web
- Pricing model: Not verified
- Free tier: Not captured
- Paid plans: Not captured
- How to start: Open Copilot Studio with a Microsoft work account.
- Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

## How to set it up: Get started with Microsoft Copilot Studio

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Microsoft Copilot Studio.

1. **Get access.** Open Copilot Studio with a Microsoft work account.
2. **Check the limits and costs first.** Not captured. Pricing not captured.

## Pros and cons

Pros:
- Microsoft ecosystem

Cons:
- Pricing not read

## Alternatives

- [Botpress](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/botpress): Customer-support AI agent platform with a free plan and conversation-based paid plans.
- [Power Automate](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/power-automate): Microsoft's automation platform with a 30-day free trial and per-user and per-bot plans.
- [Lindy](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/lindy): AI 'employee' builder that connects to your tools; Free plan with $50 in credits that last 7 days, then credit-based plans.
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- [Gumloop](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/gumloop): Agent builder for teams; plans start at $37 per month with 20k included credits.
- [Pydantic AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/pydantic-ai): Python agent framework built on Pydantic types, covering agents, realtime voice, image generation and embeddings.
- [Relevance AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/relevance-ai): Platform for specialist AI agents for sales, customer success, marketing and HR, with an embedded deployment team.
- [Voiceflow](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/voiceflow): Platform for chat and voice AI agents for customer experience teams.
- [LangGraph](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/langgraph): Low-level framework for building long-running, stateful agents as graphs.
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- [Agno](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/agno): Open-source agent framework that now sells a self-driving agent platform you run in your own cloud.
- [Claude Code](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/claude-code): Anthropic's agentic coding tool for your terminal, IDE and GitHub.

## FAQ

### What is Microsoft Copilot Studio?

The Copilot Studio page describes a platform for creating and managing custom agents, workflows and apps with no code. Pricing was not captured.

### Is Microsoft Copilot Studio free?

Not captured. Pricing not captured. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

### What license is Microsoft Copilot Studio under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

## What we have not verified

- Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
- Pricing

## Sources

- [Copilot Studio](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-copilot-studio) (fetched 2026-10-25)

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Microsoft Copilot Studio: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/copilot-studio

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