Understanding the difference
Copilot helps you use apps.
Wimsi builds them.
Your front-line staff aren't coders — but they know exactly what tools they need. Microsoft 365 Copilot makes existing apps smarter. Wimsi lets your people create entirely new ones.
M365 Copilot
AI assistant
What it does
Helps you work faster inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook
What it produces
Drafts, summaries, charts, slide decks, email replies — inside existing Microsoft apps
Longevity
Output is ephemeral — a summary gets read and forgotten, a draft gets edited beyond recognition, a chart lives in one spreadsheet
Cost
$30/user/month. Scales with headcount. Forever.
Helpful — but you still need the right app for the job. What if the app doesn't exist?
Wimsi
App builder
What it does
Lets anyone build a complete, custom application — from scratch, in minutes, with no coding
What it produces
Working applications with their own UI, database, logic, and workflows — purpose-built for your team's specific needs
Longevity
Every app is a persistent applet. Your team uses it daily, updates it over time, and relies on it for months or years
Cost
$1,500 once. Unlimited users. Unlimited apps. Forever.
Built in 15 minutes. Used by the whole team. Updated through conversation.
The math
$30/user/month adds up fast
M365 Copilot is a per-seat subscription that grows with your headcount. Wimsi is a one-time purchase for your entire organization.
And M365 Copilot still requires your existing Microsoft 365 subscription on top of the $30/user/month. Wimsi has no prerequisites — just Docker.
Different problems
Copilot makes existing tools smarter.
Wimsi makes new tools.
M365 Copilot is great for
Summarizing email threads
Read 47 messages, get a 3-sentence summary
Drafting documents
Turn meeting notes into a first draft
Analyzing spreadsheets
Create formulas and charts from existing data
Great at making you faster inside apps you already have. But it can't create the app that doesn't exist yet.
Wimsi is great for
Building the tool that doesn't exist
Equipment tracker, approval workflow, onboarding checklist — purpose-built for your team
Replacing rogue spreadsheets
Turn that 47-tab Google Sheet into a real app with a database, filters, and access controls
Creating tools that last
Not a one-off draft — a persistent applet your team comes back to every day
When the tool your team needs doesn't exist in Microsoft's catalog, Wimsi lets them build it.
Real scenarios
Same problem, different solutions
Operations needs to track equipment maintenance across 3 warehouses
With M365 Copilot
Copilot helps you build a better Excel spreadsheet — formulas, pivot tables, a chart. It's still a spreadsheet. No access controls, no mobile view, no alerts.
With Wimsi
Wimsi builds a dedicated maintenance tracker with a dashboard, overdue alerts, technician assignments, and location filters. The team uses it every day for years.
HR wants to streamline employee onboarding
With M365 Copilot
Copilot drafts a checklist document in Word and a status spreadsheet in Excel. Each new hire gets a copy. Someone has to manually update and track each one.
With Wimsi
Wimsi builds an onboarding app where managers see every new hire's progress in real time. Checklists update automatically. Nothing falls through the cracks.
Finance needs an expense approval workflow
With M365 Copilot
Copilot helps format an Excel tracker and draft approval email templates. The workflow is still manual — emails, spreadsheets, and hope.
With Wimsi
Wimsi builds an expense app with submission forms, approval chains, budget tracking, and CSV export. The whole workflow in one tool.
The bottom line
Copilot is an assistant. Wimsi is a builder.
M365 Copilot helps your people work faster inside Microsoft's apps. Wimsi lets them create the apps that Microsoft doesn't make — and that your IT team doesn't have time to build.
You probably need both.
M365 Copilot makes email and documents faster. Keep it. But your front-line staff — operations managers, HR leads, finance teams — need more than faster documents. They need tools that don't exist yet.
They're not coders. They shouldn't have to be. But they know their workflows better than anyone. Wimsi is the middle ground: anyone can describe what they need and get a real, working application — without writing code or waiting on IT.
Wimsi builds the tools your people imagine. And unlike Copilot, you buy it once.
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