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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Cohere Coral
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Cohere takes extremely broad rights over user inputs: "YOU GRANT US A NONEXCLUSIVE, WORLDWIDE, ROYALTY-FREE, IRREVOCABLE, SUBLICENSABLE, AND FULLY PAID-UP RIGHT TO ACCESS, COLLECT, USE, PROCESS, STORE, DISCLOSE AND TRANSMIT ANY DATA, INFORMATION, CONTENT, RECORDS OR FILES...THAT YOU LOAD, SUBMIT, TRANSMIT TO OR ENTER INTO THE COHERE SOLUTION."
OUTPUT
Cohere's Terms do not explicitly address ownership of AI-generated outputs.
TRAINING
User data is used to improve and enhance the Cohere Solution. Cohere may share fine-tuning data with third parties: "COHERE WILL NOT SHARE A CUSTOM MODEL WITH ANY THIRD PARTY BUT MAY SHARE FINETUNING DATA USED TO FINETUNE OR TRAIN A CUSTOM MODEL WITH THIRD PARTIES."
COMMERCIAL
B2B-focused platform. Commercial use governed by the enterprise subscription agreement.
237 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 Coral carries highly permissive license terms; Microsoft 365 Copilot carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: COHERE CORAL NOT RECOMMENDED · MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT NOT RECOMMENDED
↳ Compliance surfaces · side by side
⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | COHERE CORAL | 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 Coral
MEDHIGH
Cohere takes extremely broad rights over user inputs: "YOU GRANT US A NONEXCLUSIVE, WORLDWIDE, ROYALTY-FREE, IRREVOCABLE, SUBLICENSABLE, AND FULLY PAID-UP RIGHT TO ACCESS, COLLECT, USE, PROCESS, STORE, DISCLOSE AND TRANSMIT ANY DATA, INFORMATION, CONTENT, RECORDS OR FILES...THAT YOU LOAD, SUBMIT, TRANSMIT TO OR ENTER INTO THE COHERE SOLUTION."
“ You agree that any suggestion or idea provided by you (such suggestions or ideas, “ Feedback ”) will not be treated as confidential, and nothing in these Terms of Use will restrict our right to use, profit from, disclose, publish or otherwise exploit any Feedback, without compen…”
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 Coral
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Cohere's Terms do not explicitly address ownership of AI-generated outputs.
“ 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 Coral
MEDHIGH
User data is used to improve and enhance the Cohere Solution. Cohere may share fine-tuning data with third parties: "COHERE WILL NOT SHARE A CUSTOM MODEL WITH ANY THIRD PARTY BUT MAY SHARE FINETUNING DATA USED TO FINETUNE OR TRAIN A CUSTOM MODEL WITH THIRD PARTIES."
“ 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 Coral
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
B2B-focused platform. Commercial use governed by the enterprise subscription agreement.
“ “Cohere” is the trade name and mark of Cohere Inc. Any trademarks, graphics or logos appearing in or on the Cohere Solution are the exclusive property of Cohere (or its third-party suppliers) and may not be used in any manner without our express written consent.”
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 Coral
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ To Customer Data: This Policy does not apply to Customer Data (i.e. inputs and outputs) associated with the use of Cohere Products by Enterprise Users under an enterprise agreement. Cohere’s use of Customer Data is governed by the terms and conditions of the enterprise agreement…”
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 Coral
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ 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