AI assistants & copilots

Amazon Quick / Amazon Q Business vs Microsoft 365 Copilot / Microsoft Copilot Studio

Microsoft 365 Copilot is the Microsoft counterpart of Amazon Q Business.

Q Business is in maintenance (no new customers), and AWS's successor is Amazon Quick.

Partial match Use it to: A chat assistant for employees that answers from company data and automates tasks across work apps.

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Side-by-side comparison

Enterprise AI work assistant: AWS vs Azure side by side
Aspect	Amazon Web Services	Microsoft Azure
Service	Amazon Quick Amazon Q Business Maintenance	Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Copilot Studio
Lifecycle	Generally available No longer open to new customers (lifecycle announcement June 30, 2026). AWS recommends migrating to Amazon Quick, starting with Bring Your Own Index.	The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is now called "Microsoft Copilot" (URL copilot.cloud.microsoft). Generally available
What it is	AI assistant for work. Quick Sight (BI), Quick Flows (workflow automation), Quick Automate (agentic process automation), Quick Index (grounding on company data), Research, and Spaces. GenAI assistant over enterprise data with connectors and plugins.	Generative AI assistant across Microsoft 365 apps, grounded on Microsoft Graph work data, with agents. Low-code studio to build agents and workflows, connect them to enterprise data and systems, and publish to Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, web, and other channels.
Pricing model	Per-user subscription tiers (Quick), plus capacity-based pricing for some features. Q Business uses per-user tiers for existing customers.	Microsoft 365 Copilot is a per-user monthly license. Copilot Studio uses tenant capacity packs or pay-as-you-go messages/credits.
Docs	Amazon Quick docs Amazon Q Business docs	Microsoft 365 Copilot docs Microsoft Copilot Studio docs
Pricing page	Amazon Quick pricing Amazon Q Business pricing	Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing Microsoft Copilot Studio pricing
Exams	AIF-C01	AB-620

Key differences

Microsoft 365 Copilot is embedded in Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams, and grounded on Microsoft Graph. It's a SaaS per-user product, not an Azure service.
Amazon Quick combines chat, Quick Index (company data), Quick Flows and Quick Automate (workflow and agentic automation), Research, Spaces, and Quick Sight BI. It connects Slack, Teams, Outlook, CRMs, and databases.
For custom low-code agents, Microsoft's tool is Copilot Studio. Amazon Quick Flows/Automate cover some of the same ground.

Pricing summary

Pricing models only. No prices are quoted because they change by region and over time.

AWS: Per-user subscription tiers (Quick), plus capacity-based pricing for some features. Q Business uses per-user tiers for existing customers. Amazon Quick pricing → Amazon Q Business pricing →
Azure: Microsoft 365 Copilot is a per-user monthly license. Copilot Studio uses tenant capacity packs or pay-as-you-go messages/credits. Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing → Microsoft Copilot Studio pricing →

Certification exam mapping

Exam	Provider	Level	Status
AWS Certified AI Practitioner AIF-C01	AWS	Foundational	current Italian and German versions retire after Oct 15, 2026 (per AWS cert page).
Microsoft Certified – AI Agent Builder Associate AB-620	Azure	Associate	current Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Foundry agents.

Relevance is based on each exam's published scope, not a line-by-line objective match. Check the official study guide.

Verification notes

Licensing details for Quick and Copilot change often. We describe the model only.

FAQ

What is the Azure equivalent of Amazon Quick and Amazon Q Business?

Microsoft 365 Copilot is the Microsoft counterpart of Amazon Q Business. Q Business is in maintenance (no new customers), and AWS's successor is Amazon Quick.

How does pricing compare between Amazon Quick and Amazon Q Business and Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio?

AWS: Per-user subscription tiers (Quick), plus capacity-based pricing for some features. Q Business uses per-user tiers for existing customers. Azure: Microsoft 365 Copilot is a per-user monthly license. Copilot Studio uses tenant capacity packs or pay-as-you-go messages/credits. Check the official pricing pages for current rates.

Which certification exams cover this topic?

AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01); Microsoft Certified – AI Agent Builder Associate (AB-620).

What replaces Amazon Q Business?

AWS recommends Amazon Quick. You can start by bringing your existing Q Business index to Quick (Bring Your Own Index).