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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AFor enterprises, Microsoft 365 Copilot (or just Microsoft Copilot) is a generative AI operating as an intelligent virtual assistant for work. Through a chat interface, business users can use it to solve a variety of complex tasks.

    $31.50

    per month per user

    Fathom by The Access Group

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AFathom is a management reporting, forecasting and financial analysis tool from the Access Group. It helps users to assess business performance, monitor trends and identify improvement opportunities. Fathom combines business planning with simple three-way cash flow forecasting.

    $44

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft 365 CopilotFathom by The Access Group
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Copilot
    $31.50
    per month per user
    Starter
    $44
    per month
    Silver
    $225
    per month
    Gold
    $325
    per month
    Platinum
    $575
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft 365 CopilotFathom by The Access Group
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing shown is based on an annual commitment. Discount available for annual payment.—
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    Features
    Microsoft 365 CopilotFathom by The Access Group
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Microsoft 365 Copilot
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Microsoft 365 Copilot
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    15% below category average
    KPIs00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Budgeting Tools
    Comparison of Budgeting Tools features of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Microsoft 365 Copilot
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Financial Planning Collaboration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Budget Customization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Departmental Budgeting00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Import & Export Tools00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft 365 CopilotFathom by The Access Group
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft 365 CopilotFathom by The Access Group
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    I highly recommend its usage in Teams meetings to prepare a session transcript, meeting minutes,
    next steps and recognize speech by person. Also within the meeting recording, there is separation between the people talking at the time. The Copilot image creation is very accurate and useful to
    customize my PowerPoint presentations and other documents
    Incentivized
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    The Access Group
    Report could be used in any industry but when it comes to functionality, it is more suitable businesses where there are not many division. I found it hard for Fathom to extract Xero tracking data and to represent it in the financials. If you would like to consolidate the financials, I also find it easy to do it via Fathom
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Good analysis of the ticket system at the service desk, so that this can be anticipated properly
    • For the management of IT environments, quick examples of scripting for desired solutions
    • For consultants and managers, they co-pilot a technical report into language understandable to a non-technical client, including a visual summary.
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    The Access Group
    • Consolidation and Eliminating Entries
    • Easy to use dashboards
    • Customizable Metrics and Targets
    • Customizable Dashboard
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The quality of image generation in Microsoft Copilot could be improved. Compared to other AI platforms, Copilot's images often fall short in quality and frequently contain typos.
    • When generating agents and chatbots, Microsoft Copilot currently doesn't appear to support file download functionality.
    • The email reply function is useful, but the responses can sometimes be overly elaborate. It would be helpful to have more options for adjusting the tone.
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    The Access Group
    • If you have multiple divisions within the business, reporting/budgeting by division are not as good as induvial reports.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Absolutely!!! I have a high regard for the product and will use it for years to come.
    Incentivized
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    it is nearly perfect and it’s usability one of the main factors and contributing to the score is how versatile this tool is. it is vastly usable in a multitude of circumstances, and has a few limitations, but overall this product works well for what it is intended. It is very helpful for some otherwise time consuming tasks.
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    The Access Group
    Great dashboards and very easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    The Access Group
    I have not used customer support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I think It lost the race for now. I don't think Microsoft will keep investing on it since we have better tools outside their environment. In my opinion, Microsoft Copilot is not even in the benchmark tools and in the race for AGI. I think Microsoft is way behind and Microsoft Copilot suffered the lack of investment like the one made by its competitors.
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    The Access Group
    We also used Spotlight reporting before we tried out Fathom and we found Fathom much easier to navigate and Xero integration, consolidation are very strong feature of the product. Spotlight reporting is similar to Fathom however, Fathom is more flexible, there are better visual reports and grafts and we found it easier to customize the reports templates. You can also share the reports with multiple group of people online.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Copilot has had a huge positive impact on my productivity. My job requires a lot of author and customer interaction, so since I use Copilot, I dont need to spend hours in my workday answering emails.
    • Copilot has also helped with my data analysis skills. I use the data analysis to create proposals and I have noticed a significant increase in project approvals after I have started using Copilot.
    • One of the business objectives of my company is to create high quality education resources. Since Copilot is integrated across platforms and departments in all office locations across the world, it has helped streamline operations in my company. This has definitely supported in achieving this objective.
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    The Access Group
    • it saved us few hours a month to prepare consolidated reports.
    • it made is easy to understand the financials with visuals
    • Integration with Xero also made it much accurate
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