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Microsoft Overhauls Copilot Cowork with Pay-Per-Use Pricing, Explores Hosted DeepSeek to Slash Enterprise AI Bills
Microsoft is shifting Copilot Cowork to usage-based billing and evalua...
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Microsoft Overhauls Copilot Cowork with Pay-Per-Use Pricing, Explores Hosted DeepSeek to Slash Enterprise AI Bills
Microsoft is shifting Copilot Cowork to usage-based billing and evaluating a hosted DeepSeek model to help enterprises control AI costs. The metered pricing allows per-token payments, avoiding flat monthly fees, while the DeepSeek option could cut inference costs by up to 90% with full enterprise governance. Together, these moves aim to boost adoption and keep customers on Azure amid fierce AI model competition.
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Microsoft is shifting Copilot Cowork to usage-based billing and evaluating a hosted DeepSeek model to help enterprises control AI costs.
The metered pricing allows per-token payments, avoiding flat monthly fees, while the DeepSeek option could cut inference costs by up to 90% with full enterprise governance.
Together, these moves aim to boost adoption and keep customers on Azure amid fierce AI model competition.
Microsoft will begin transitioning Copilot Cowork customers to a consumption-based billing model and is actively evaluating a Microsoft-hosted version of DeepSeek’s latest model as a budget-friendly alternative, the company confirmed on June 16, 2026. The dual-pronged strategy aims to give enterprises granular control over soaring AI costs while addressing long-simmering complaints about flat-rate subscriptions that often go underutilized. Under the new framework, organizations will pay only for the AI resources they actually consume—measured by token usage, compute time, or completed task volume—instead of fixed per-user monthly fees.
The shift marks one of the most significant pricing pivots in Microsoft’s AI roadmap since the original Copilot subscription debuted. Copilot Cowork, the enterprise-grade variant woven into Microsoft 365, Teams, and Azure AI Foundry, has faced scrutiny from IT leaders w
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