Copilot alternative · Australia
An affordable Microsoft 365 Copilot alternative for Australian businesses
Per-person AI add-ons are priced for every seat, so most businesses buy a few and everyone else goes without. made. Cowork is priced per business: $199 a month covers your first 10 people, and each extra person is $5.
Try it free for 14 days Work out your return
AUD, excluding GST, billed monthly with no lock-in. Launch pricing for our first customers. Prices may change later, with at least 30 days' notice.
AI for everyone on Microsoft 365
Most people's AI needs at work are the day's mail, meetings, Teams and documents. made. Cowork does those for the whole team, with each person's own Microsoft 365 access and nothing more.
Catches people up on long threads, finds the message they need and drafts replies in their own style, with their signature.
Calendar
Finds free times, says what's coming up and prepares meeting invitations for the person to confirm.
Teams
Reads chats, channels and meeting transcripts, so anyone can ask what was decided or what they missed.
Files
Finds the latest version in OneDrive or SharePoint and reads PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files, including email attachments.
- It asks before it acts: nothing is sent, booked or posted until the person presses Confirm, in the chat or on the Approvals page.
- Administrators set the most it may do in mail, the calendar, files and Teams.
- It opens in the web browser or inside Microsoft Teams as an app, and people can sign in with their Microsoft 365 account.
- It keeps no copies of your mail, chats or files, and your content doesn't train AI models.
What Copilot and Claude do that made. Cowork doesn't
These products overlap, but they aren't the same, and the right mix depends on your team.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Works inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the other Office apps, helping rewrite a document or build a formula in place. made. Cowork doesn't work inside those apps and won't rewrite your documents or spreadsheets for you.
Claude's own apps
Suit power users who do long research, analysis or coding. made. Cowork is built for the everyday work of the whole team rather than specialised deep work.
made. Cowork
Mail, calendar, Teams, files and transcripts for everyone, waiting for confirmation before anything is sent, booked or posted, and priced per business rather than per licence.
You don't have to choose one. Keep a few premium licences for the people who need them and give everyone else made. Cowork; people can also connect made. Cowork to Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot or OpenAI Codex. Compare the options.
Microsoft 365 Copilot and Claude are named only to identify them. made. Cowork isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft or Anthropic. Check each supplier's current price and terms with them.
Work out your return
Enter your own estimates. The calculator values the time saved each month (people × minutes saved a day × 21.7 working days × hourly cost ÷ 60) and sets it against made. Cowork's price for the same team.
Your estimate, a month
- made. Cowork for 25 people
- $274
- Value of the time saved
- Enter your estimates
- Return on made. Cowork's price
- Enter your estimates
- The add-on for the same people
- Difference
AUD, excluding GST. A team of 10 or fewer pays the base plan.
These figures are your own estimates, not a promise. The time a team saves depends on how people use the assistant, and we don't guarantee any saving. Try it on your real mail, calendar, chats and files for 14 days, with up to 10 people and no card, and judge for yourself.
Community and not-for-profit organisations
Community and not-for-profit organisations can ask about discounted pricing. Tell us about your organisation.
An Australian business
made. Cowork is provided by Made AI Pty Ltd, an Australian company, ABN 70 693 249 580. Talk to our team about your organisation. Being an Australian business doesn't mean all processing stays in Australia; our Privacy Policy explains where information is processed.
Questions about switching
How is made. Cowork different from a per-person AI subscription?
made. Cowork is priced for the whole organisation: $199 a month covers 10 people, so everyone can have an assistant instead of a handful of licence holders.
It works inside the Microsoft 365 your team already uses, with each person's own permissions, and every email, meeting invitation and Teams post waits for that person to confirm it. Compare the options on our comparison page.
Is made. Cowork an alternative to Microsoft 365 Copilot?
made. Cowork can be, for the everyday work most people need: it catches people up on mail and drafts replies in their own style, finds free times and prepares meetings, reads Teams chats, channels and meeting transcripts, and finds and reads files, including PDFs and email attachments, at one price for the whole business.
Microsoft 365 Copilot works inside Word, Excel and the other Office apps, which made. Cowork doesn't: it won't rewrite your documents or spreadsheets for you. You can keep a few Copilot licences for the people who need that and give everyone else made. Cowork, and people who use Copilot can connect made. Cowork to it.
Is there a low-cost Copilot alternative for Australian businesses?
made. Cowork is a low-cost AI assistant for Microsoft 365 from an Australian business: $199 a month (AUD, ex GST) covers your first 10 people, and each extra person is $5 a month, billed monthly with no lock-in.
It's priced per business rather than per licence, so everyone on the team can have an assistant for mail, the calendar, Teams and files. Every email, meeting and Teams post still waits for the person to confirm it.
Do you offer discounts on made. Cowork for not-for-profit and community organisations?
Yes. Community and not-for-profit organisations can ask us about discounted pricing for made. Cowork: tell us about your organisation and how many people would use it through our contact form, and a person from our team will reply.
There's no set discount on the site; we talk it through with each organisation.
How do I work out the return on made. Cowork?
Use the calculator on our Copilot alternative page: enter how many people would use made. Cowork, the minutes each might save in a working day and your hourly cost, and it shows the value of that time each month against made. Cowork's price.
The minutes saved and the hourly cost are your own estimates, so the result is a guide, not a promise. If you have a quote for a per-person AI add-on, enter its price per person to see the monthly difference for the same number of people.