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SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
Two platforms.
Same questions.
Dify
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Dify's privacy policy does not explicitly address ownership of prompts or inputs submitted to AI workflows. The policy covers personal data collection but not IP rights.
OUTPUT
Dify's privacy policy is silent on ownership of AI workflow outputs. No explicit IP assignment or licensing terms for outputs are documented in publicly available policies.
TRAINING
Only aggregated/anonymized statistics collected for service performance. No explicit training on customer data.
COMMERCIAL
Dify offers a cloud and self-hosted (open source) product. Commercial use terms are not clearly specified in the publicly available privacy policy.
400 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.
766 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Dify carries highly permissive license terms; Microsoft 365 Copilot carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: DIFY NOT RECOMMENDED · MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | DIFY | 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
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Dify
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Dify's privacy policy does not explicitly address ownership of prompts or inputs submitted to AI workflows. The policy covers personal data collection but not IP rights.
“ 5.1 The Service is made available on a limited access basis, and no ownership rights are conveyed to you. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, we and our licensors have and retain all right, title, and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in…”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft does not claim ownership of customer prompts or inputs. Customer data remains customer property under Microsoft's data governance framework.
“When you provide your Data or Your Content to Bing Places, you grant Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, save, modify, aggregate, promote, transmit, display, and distribute your Data and Your Content (including intellectual property rights in your Data…”
Broad, worldwide, royalty-free license over user inputs/content submitted to Bing Places, including sublicensing rights to third parties with no apparent scope limitation or termination right described here.
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SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Dify
MEDHIGH
Dify's privacy policy is silent on ownership of AI workflow outputs. No explicit IP assignment or licensing terms for outputs are documented in publicly available policies.
“ You retain ownership of your Customer Content, including Customer Content from your accounts with Third-Party Services that are transmitted, processed, and/or stored in the Service. By transmitting, processing, and/or storing Customer Content in the Service, you hereby grant Dif…”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft doesn't claim ownership of the output of the service. Outputs are treated as customer data.
“As part of building the Xbox Services community, you grant to Microsoft, its affiliates and sublicensees a free and worldwide right to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, share and display Your Content or your name, gamertag, motto, or avatar that you posted for any Xb…”
Broad, royalty-free, worldwide license granted to Microsoft and its sublicensees to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, share and display user-submitted content with no expiry stated.
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
Dify
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Only aggregated/anonymized statistics collected for service performance. No explicit training on customer data.
“Operate, maintain and improve our internal operations, systems, Sites, and Products”
The policy does not explicitly address whether user content is used for AI/ML model training. 'Improve Products' could encompass training use, but this is not confirmed or denied.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH⚠ 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.
“As part of our efforts to improve and develop our products, we may use your data to develop and train our AI models. Learn more here .”
Microsoft explicitly reserves the right to use user data to train AI models. This appears twice in the document, suggesting it applies broadly across products and tiers.
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Dify
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Dify offers a cloud and self-hosted (open source) product. Commercial use terms are not clearly specified in the publicly available privacy policy.
“ 2.1.1 LangGenius (and its Affiliates, as applicable) will make the Services available to you, including those described in the applicable Services Terms 2.1.2 You may use your Dify.AI Account and the Service only (i) for lawful purposes; and (ii) in accordance with these Terms…”
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft 365 Copilot is available as an enterprise add-on. Commercial use of all outputs is permitted.
“The articles, text, photos, maps, videos, video players, and third-party material available on Bing and MSN, including through Microsoft bots, applications and programs, are for your noncommercial, personal use only. Other uses, including downloading, copying, or redistributing t…”
Bing and MSN content is restricted to noncommercial personal use. Using outputs/materials to build products or for commercial purposes requires explicit Microsoft authorization, which is not granted by default.
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Dify
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“We use this information to reshare content created through the use of the Service. The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our service and inform our marketing strategy).”
Information from social network interactions can be reshared by LangGenius for marketing strategy purposes under a 'legitimate interests' basis without explicit user consent.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
HIGH⚠ 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.'
“If you fail to remove excess content or obtain sufficient additional storage after receiving notice from Microsoft, we reserve the right to delete or disable access to Your Content.”
Microsoft may permanently delete Outlook.com user content upon storage quota breach without a defined grace period in this clause.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Dify
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
—
“Dify is free for students and educators.”
No terms or conditions are specified for the student/educator free tier—it is unclear whether it matches the Sandbox tier, has separate restrictions, or requires verification. Users cannot assess their rights or obligations from this statement alone.
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.'
“ f. Refund Policy. Unless otherwise provided by law or by a particular Service offer, all purchases are final and non-refundable. If you believe that Microsoft has charged you in error, you must contact us within 90 days of such charge. No refunds will be given for any charges mo…”