Sequesto vs Microsoft Copilot — General-Purpose AI vs Purpose-Built Proposals

You can, but Copilot doesn’t understand RFP structure, doesn’t maintain a content library, and requires manual prompt engineering for every response. Teams handling more than a few RFPs per quarter consistently find they need a dedicated tool to maintain quality and speed.

No. Sequesto works alongside Microsoft 365. You continue using Word, Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook as normal. Sequesto adds the proposal-specific workflow layer — content library, AI answer generation, review workflows, and deadline tracking — that Microsoft’s general-purpose tools don’t provide.

Microsoft Copilot requires a Microsoft 365 E3/E5 licence plus the Copilot add-on (¥25/user/month). For a 10-person proposal team, that’s ¥250/month on top of existing licence costs — for a tool that still requires manual prompt work. Sequesto offers purpose-built AI with unlimited users at a predictable price.

Yes. You can import content from SharePoint and OneDrive into Sequesto. Once imported, the AI indexes and structures it automatically for fast retrieval during proposal work.

That’s fine — keep using Copilot for emails, presentations, and general document work. Sequesto is specifically for proposal workflows. Many of our customers use both: Copilot for day-to-day Office tasks, Sequesto for RFPs and bid management.

Copilot uses general-purpose language models that generate text based on broad training data and your Microsoft 365 files. Sequesto’s AI is trained specifically on your proposal history — past answers, reviewer edits, and winning responses — producing output that matches your organisation’s voice, accuracy standards, and compliance requirements.