Microsoft 365 Copilot Cost and Breakeven Calculator
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a $30 per user per month add-on billed annually, and it needs a qualifying base such as E3 or E5. Enter seats and your expected active-use rate to see the true cost per person actually using it.
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Broad Copilot deployments often run well below half active use in the first year, and the seats stay locked for the term. The effective cost per active user is the figure to plan against, not the headline $30.
Ramp and substitute
Pilot the credible population, commit the knowledge-worker core, and negotiate a substitution right so idle seats can be redeployed before the next true-up.
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