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SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
Two platforms.
Same questions.
Cohere API
DEVELOPER / CODING
PROMPT
Same as Cohere Coral — irrevocable, sublicensable rights grant over all API input data. Enterprise agreements may negotiate narrower terms.
OUTPUT
Not explicitly addressed in Cohere's Terms. Consult enterprise contract for specifics.
TRAINING
API customer data used to improve Cohere Solution by default. Fine-tuning data may be shared with third parties unless restricted by enterprise agreement.
COMMERCIAL
B2B enterprise product. Commercial use is the intended purpose.
235 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Microsoft does not claim ownership of customer prompts or inputs. Customer data remains customer property under Microsoft's data governance framework.
OUTPUT
Microsoft doesn't claim ownership of the output of the service. Outputs are treated as customer data.
TRAINING
Microsoft does not use M365 Copilot customer content to train foundation models. The Microsoft Privacy Statement (March 2026) states for enterprise Copilot: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot...provides enterprise-grade data protection' and 'will use the content in your files only when you ask it to perform a specific action on that specific content.' General Microsoft AI statement covers manual review of automated method outputs for improving accuracy, but enterprise Copilot data is explicitly protected.
COMMERCIAL
Microsoft 365 Copilot is available as an enterprise add-on. Commercial use of all outputs is permitted.
417 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Cohere API carries highly permissive license terms; Microsoft 365 Copilot carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: COHERE API NOT RECOMMENDED · MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT NOT RECOMMENDED
↳ Compliance surfaces · side by side
⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | COHERE API | MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
P
SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Cohere API
MEDHIGH
Same as Cohere Coral — irrevocable, sublicensable rights grant over all API input data. Enterprise agreements may negotiate narrower terms.
“ All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use are reserved by Cohere.”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
MEDHIGH
Microsoft does not claim ownership of customer prompts or inputs. Customer data remains customer property under Microsoft's data governance framework.
“ a. When you share Your Content with other people, you understand that they may be able to, on a worldwide basis, use, save, record, reproduce, broadcast, transmit, share and display Your Content for the purpose that you made Your Content available on the Services without compens…”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Not explicitly addressed in Cohere's Terms. Consult enterprise contract for specifics.
“ publish, market, advertise or in any way distribute the Content;”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH
Microsoft doesn't claim ownership of the output of the service. Outputs are treated as customer data.
No citation available
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
Cohere API
MEDHIGH
API customer data used to improve Cohere Solution by default. Fine-tuning data may be shared with third parties unless restricted by enterprise agreement.
“ Content you submit to the Cohere Products, and outputs generated by the Cohere Products.”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft does not use M365 Copilot customer content to train foundation models. The Microsoft Privacy Statement (March 2026) states for enterprise Copilot: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot...provides enterprise-grade data protection' and 'will use the content in your files only when you ask it to perform a specific action on that specific content.' General Microsoft AI statement covers manual review of automated method outputs for improving accuracy, but enterprise Copilot data is explicitly protected.
“ Microsoft will only use your Microsoft Copilot conversations to monitor performance, troubleshoot problems, diagnose bugs, prevent abuse, and to provide and improve Microsoft Copilot. In certain markets, we use conversation data to train the generative AI models in Copilot, unle…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
B2B enterprise product. Commercial use is the intended purpose.
“ All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use are reserved by Cohere.”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft 365 Copilot is available as an enterprise add-on. Commercial use of all outputs is permitted.
“ b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. This license does not give you any right to, and you may not: ”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise contracts may negotiate narrower data terms. Review MSA carefully before sharing sensitive data.
“ For security and legal reasons, however, Cohere reserves the right not to accept requests that require us to access third-party websites or services.”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise/commercial M365 Copilot provides strong data protection — content not used for training, enterprise-grade compliance. Consumer Microsoft products (Bing, Cortana, etc.) have broader licenses. Bing Places grants a 'worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, save, modify, aggregate, promote, transmit, display, and distribute your Data and Your Content...and sub-license any or all of the foregoing rights to third parties.'
“Microsoft does not use what you say in email, human-to-human chat, video calls, or voice mail, or your documents, photos, or other personal files to target ads to you. We use data we collect through our interactions with you, through some of our first-party products, services, ap…”
While communications content is excluded, behavioral interaction data from first- and third-party properties is used for ad targeting, including via automated processes.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise contracts may negotiate narrower data terms. Review MSA carefully before sharing sensitive data.
“ notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereunder, you may use the Cohere Solution only on an iPhone or iPod touch that you own or control;”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH
Enterprise/commercial M365 Copilot provides strong data protection — content not used for training, enterprise-grade compliance. Consumer Microsoft products (Bing, Cortana, etc.) have broader licenses. Bing Places grants a 'worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, save, modify, aggregate, promote, transmit, display, and distribute your Data and Your Content...and sub-license any or all of the foregoing rights to third parties.'
No citation available