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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.
123 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.
433 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 |
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| 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
MEDHIGH
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.
“ 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
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…”
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SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Dify
HIGH
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.
No citation available
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
Dify
LOW⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Only aggregated/anonymized statistics collected for service performance. No explicit training on customer data.
“ We will only use your personal information in this way to the extent you have given us consent to do so.”
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
Dify
HIGH
Dify offers a cloud and self-hosted (open source) product. Commercial use terms are not clearly specified in the publicly available privacy policy.
No citation available
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
Dify
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ These rights may be limited in some situations – for example, where we can demonstrate that we have a legal requirement to process your data (such as where tax authorities require us to retain it) or where it is needed for the proper performance of a contract. Under certain…”
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
Dify
LOWHIGH
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“ 11. “Fees” mean the fees applicable to your use of the Service in accordance with the applicable package as included in our pricing notice included in the Service or on Dify’s website or, if applicable, as set forth in a Dify order form.”
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