Disclosure, stated plainly
Jarvis AI is our product. ASCENDING Inc., the company that publishes Explore Agentic, builds Jarvis. This page is our side-by-side; the usual caveat applies. If you think the balance is off, write in and we update rather than defend.
What each product actually is
Microsoft Copilot Studio is the low-code platform for building agents that live inside Microsoft Copilot, Teams, and Outlook. Native M365 integration. Entra-backed identity. Purview governance. A tightly-coupled experience for organisations already running on Microsoft's stack. The architectural centre is the Microsoft Graph. The model default is Azure OpenAI.
Jarvis is the cloud-neutral alternative. Multi-LLM by default. MCP-native. Available for private AWS deployment. The architectural centre is the MCP protocol. The model default is whichever your procurement team has already approved.
Where Copilot Studio wins
- M365 integration. If your users live in Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint, Copilot Studio agents surface there natively without an additional integration project. Jarvis can surface in the same places via MCP + connector, but it is an integration; Copilot Studio is a first-party experience.
- Entra / Purview governance alignment. If your identity and data-protection stack is already Entra + Purview, Copilot Studio slots in without re-implementing access-control logic. Jarvis integrates with SAML/OAuth and brings its own governance layer, which is great if that is your story and redundant if you are already all-in on Microsoft.
- Enterprise agreement pricing. Bundled inside an E5 or Microsoft 365 Copilot agreement, Copilot Studio is often effectively free at the margin. A standalone procurement of Jarvis will be a new line item on the CFO's desk.
Where Jarvis wins
- Cloud-neutral and multi-LLM. If your procurement team has said “no Azure lock-in,” Copilot Studio is difficult; Jarvis is default. If you want to route the same prompt to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Bedrock in an A/B, Jarvis does that out of the box.
- MCP-native gateway. Jarvis Registry is a first-class MCP gateway with a growing catalog of servers, the community-standard way to connect tools in 2026. Copilot Studio supports MCP but the product's centre of gravity is Microsoft Graph.
- Private AWS deployment. Regulated industries with AWS-only mandates can run Jarvis in a private VPC. Copilot Studio does not offer a non-Azure deployment.
- Transparent, line-item pricing. Published AWS Marketplace tiers. Copilot Studio pricing is a function of E5 / Copilot seat bundling + per-message metering, predictable only if you are already inside the Microsoft world.
Which fits your situation
A decision framework, not a ranking
| If your situation is… | Our honest recommendation |
|---|---|
| Already deep in M365 + Azure, single-vendor mandate | Copilot Studio |
| Users live in Teams / Outlook, agent surface is the goal | Copilot Studio |
| AWS-aligned stack, MCP-native roadmap | Jarvis |
| Multi-cloud or cloud-neutral procurement mandate | Jarvis |
| Need multi-LLM routing (OpenAI + Anthropic + Bedrock) | Jarvis |
| Mid-market without an E5 agreement to bundle into | Jarvis |
Frequently asked
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How much does Copilot Studio cost per user in 2026?
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How does Jarvis vs Copilot Studio pricing compare?
Jarvis lists flat monthly tiers on AWS and Azure Marketplace: $1,500 Basic, $2,800 Pro, Enterprise custom [4]. All flat-fee regardless of seat count. Without an existing E5 seat, the all-in for Microsoft 365 Copilot lands between $42.50 and $87 per user per month [6]. With 100 seats that is a $50K-$100K/year floor before agent-building credits. -
Should I pick Jarvis or Copilot Studio if I am deep in M365?
Copilot Studio. Four reasons in a row. Native M365 integration. Entra identity. Purview governance. E5 bundling. The integration tax on Jarvis from that starting point is harder to justify. -
Which one is better for multi-LLM routing?
Jarvis. Jarvis routes across OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek. Copilot Studio runs GPT-5 by default and added Claude in September 2025 [3]. All Azure-hosted. That is the ceiling. -
Can Copilot Studio be deployed outside Azure?
No. Copilot Studio is Azure-only. For AWS-only mandates, Jarvis is the architectural match: private AWS deployment is available out of the box.