Is Copilot Pro Discontinued? Microsoft 365 Premium Explained
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The short version: Yes — Copilot Pro is no longer available to buy. Microsoft stopped selling the standalone $20/month plan in late 2025 and replaced it for consumers with Microsoft 365 Premium (~$19.99/month), which bundles the Office apps, Copilot AI (for the subscription owner), and up to 6 TB of storage in one plan. If you already subscribe to Copilot Pro, you keep it until you cancel or until 1 August 2026 — it just won’t renew after that.
💼 If you use Copilot through work or school, this is a different product — Microsoft 365 Premium is the consumer replacement, and this change doesn’t affect the Microsoft 365 Copilot your employer deploys.
What should I do? (find your row)
| If you are… | Do this |
|---|---|
| A new buyer wanting Copilot in your personal Office apps | Get Microsoft 365 Premium — it’s the plan that replaced Copilot Pro |
| An existing Copilot Pro subscriber | You keep it until 1 Aug 2026. To keep Copilot after that, switch to Microsoft 365 Premium from your account page (no auto-migration — see below) |
| A Microsoft 365 Family user | Note: only the subscription owner gets the advanced Copilot AI — not every family member |
| Using this for work | You probably want Microsoft 365 Copilot (the work product), not a consumer plan |
⚠️ The family catch, up front: Microsoft 365 Premium shares like Family for the Office apps and storage (1 TB per person, up to 6 people) — but the advanced Copilot features go to the subscription owner only. If two people in your household both want Copilot, one Premium plan won’t cover both.
What changes — and what doesn’t
The change sounds bigger than it is. The honest scope:
What changes:
- You can’t buy the standalone Copilot Pro any more.
- To keep Copilot inside your Office apps long-term, you move to Microsoft 365 Premium.
What doesn’t change:
- Your files are safe — nothing in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneDrive is deleted.
- Your Office apps keep working as long as you have a Microsoft 365 plan.
- Work/school Copilot is separate — Premium doesn’t replace the Microsoft 365 Copilot your employer deploys.
- Free Copilot stays — the free web/app chat isn’t going anywhere (it’s just not the Pro replacement — that’s Premium).
- If you also have Microsoft 365 Personal or Family, those plans now include some Copilot for the subscription owner, so you don’t necessarily drop to zero.
What happened to Copilot Pro?
For about two years, the personal way to get Copilot inside your Office apps was Copilot Pro — a $20/month add-on that sat on top of a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription (so realistically ~$30/month all-in).
In late 2025, Microsoft retired it. It’s no longer sold to new customers. Existing subscribers can keep using it until they cancel or until support ends on 1 August 2026 — after that it simply won’t renew. (Microsoft may show you a slightly different end date tied to your billing cycle, so check your own account.)
In its place, Microsoft launched Microsoft 365 Premium — a single consumer plan that rolls Copilot Pro’s AI features in with the Office apps and storage. For most people it’s cheaper and simpler than the old Copilot Pro + base-plan combo.
What is Microsoft 365 Premium?
Microsoft 365 Premium is Microsoft’s top consumer subscription — think “Microsoft 365 Family, with the advanced Copilot built in for the owner.” One plan, one bill.
What’s included
| Microsoft 365 Premium | |
|---|---|
| Price | ~$19.99/month or $199.99/year (US; regional pricing varies) |
| Office apps | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote on PCs and Macs, plus the mobile apps on iOS and Android |
| Copilot AI | Copilot inside the Office apps for the subscription owner, Copilot Chat with the latest models, image + voice generation |
| Advanced Copilot | Premium Copilot features such as Researcher and Analyst for the owner (some features roll out over time) |
| Storage | Up to 6 TB OneDrive (1 TB per person, up to 6 people) |
| Also bundled | Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Defender, Designer, Clipchamp |
The headline difference from the old Copilot Pro: you don’t bolt it onto a separate base plan. The Office apps and storage are in the box.
Is it worth ~$19.99/month?
It’s worth it if you spend real time in the desktop Office apps for personal or freelance work and want AI in there — drafting in Word, formulas in Excel, slides in PowerPoint. You’re getting the Office apps, the Copilot AI, and 1 TB+ of storage for roughly what Copilot Pro + a base plan used to cost — so if you were the target audience for Copilot Pro, Premium is a straight upgrade.
It’s not worth it if you only use Office in a browser, mostly use Copilot for free web chat, or your employer has already given you Microsoft 365 Copilot at work.
I’m an existing Copilot Pro subscriber — what should I do?
First, don’t panic — nothing is forced on you. Microsoft isn’t moving you to Premium automatically: your Copilot Pro keeps working until support ends on 1 August 2026, then it stops renewing, and switching is your choice. Here’s the clean way to handle it:
- Decide if you still want Copilot in your Office apps. If you do, you’ll move to Microsoft 365 Premium. If you only ever used the free web chat, you can let Pro lapse and lose nothing important.
- Check your account. Go to your Microsoft account subscriptions page to see your Copilot Pro renewal/end date and what you’re currently paying.
- Switch when you’re ready. Subscribe to Microsoft 365 Premium from microsoft.com/microsoft-365. If you already pay for Microsoft 365 Personal or Family, the upgrade path is linked from your account — Microsoft documents an upgrade credit for your remaining time when you switch, so check the Services & subscriptions page for your exact figure before you confirm.
- If you do nothing: your Copilot Pro stops at its end date and you stop being charged. Any Office apps covered by your Microsoft 365 subscription keep working. You lose the Copilot Pro boosts inside them — but if you also have Microsoft 365 Personal or Family, those plans now include some Copilot for the owner, and the free Copilot web chat stays either way.
Before you switch — a 6-point checklist
- Check your current subscription — Copilot Pro on its own, or Pro + Personal/Family?
- Check the renewal date — so you switch (or cancel) at the right time, not mid-cycle.
- Confirm the subscription owner — only the owner gets the advanced Copilot in Premium.
- Decide if family members need Copilot too — one Premium covers Copilot for one person.
- Pick monthly vs annual — annual ($199.99) is cheaper over a year than monthly.
- Know where work differs — if you actually need AI on work data, that’s Microsoft 365 Copilot, not Premium.
Premium vs free Copilot vs work Copilot (the 20-second version)
This page is about the personal plan. For the full picture, the pricing hub maps every tier — but in short:
- Free Copilot — $0, web/app chat only, no in-app Office AI.
- Microsoft 365 Premium — ~$19.99/mo, the personal plan (this page). Copilot in your Office apps; sees only your files.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — $30/user/mo, the work product your IT admin deploys; grounded on your organisation’s data. Full comparison: Copilot Pro vs Microsoft 365 Copilot.
The deciding question is always the same: whose data should Copilot see — yours, or your employer’s?
Where to go next
- Microsoft Copilot Pricing & Tiers Explained — the hub: every Copilot plan on one page
- Proving Copilot ROI — The Field Guide — once you’ve picked a plan, prove it pays for itself
- Copilot Pro vs Microsoft 365 Copilot — Which Do You Need? — personal vs work, in depth
- How Microsoft 365 Copilot works, layer by layer — why the work version costs more