Our Microsoft Security Copilot review
Microsoft Security Copilot earns its place in the AI tool shortlist for incident response write-ups, provided hourly compute billing is easy to overspend is not a dealbreaker.
We score Microsoft Security Copilot 3.9 out of 5 — acceptable ease of use, solid performance and acceptable value for money.
What Microsoft Security Copilot is
Microsoft Security Copilot is Microsoft's AI tool product, launched in 2024. Security operations copilot that summarises incidents, hunts threats and drafts response steps across Microsoft Defender and Sentinel.
It is aimed at advanced users — the learning curve is steep. Day one you would use it for incident response write-ups and threat hunting in Sentinel. It runs on Web and Azure, with no mobile app, and there is an API if you want it inside your own systems.
Where it shines
In testing against the rest of the category, two things stand out: cuts incident write-up time and tight Microsoft security integration. The feature set behind that is incident summarisation, guided threat hunting, script and query explanation and defender and Sentinel integration.
We rate performance 4.3/5 and answer accuracy around 88% for the tasks in this category, which is why it holds up for incident response write-ups and threat hunting in Sentinel.
Where it falls short
Where it frustrated us: hourly compute billing is easy to overspend and best value only in a Microsoft stack.
Expect a real ramp-up — we rate the learning curve steep. Budget time for it before judging the tool.
Pricing and value for money
Pricing is Usage-based, quoted. There is no public per-seat price — it is quoted per organisation, so the real number depends on your team size and contract. There is no free tier, so trial it deliberately before committing.
Ask for the quote early: the alternatives below publish their pricing, so you can hold this one to a number you can compare.
Who should use Microsoft Security Copilot
Microsoft Security Copilot is the right call for incident response write-ups and threat hunting in Sentinel. Skip it if hourly compute billing is easy to overspend is a bigger problem for you than cuts incident write-up time is a benefit.
We do not track a direct replacement for it yet, which is part of the argument for it.
Consider carefully: Microsoft Security Copilot at quoted pricing is best used for incident response write-ups and threat hunting in Sentinel, and it earns 3.9/5 from us.