Copilot recaps Teams. Driffle remembers everything else too.
Microsoft 365 Copilot brings meeting recap into Teams. It also requires a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan underneath it, and it stops where Teams stops.
The short version
If your company already runs on Microsoft 365 and every meeting is a Teams meeting, Copilot is the path of least resistance, and Microsoft states that prompts and responses are not used to train the underlying models.
It is an add-on with a real price. Copilot is $18 per user a month paid yearly on top of a qualifying Microsoft 365 licence.
And it is scoped to the Microsoft world. Driffle listens on your Mac, so a Zoom call with a client, a Meet call with a candidate and a conversation at a desk all land in one memory alongside your documents.
Where we are the same
Worth saying plainly, because a comparison that pretends the other tool is bad is not much use to you.
- Both produce a recap without anyone taking manual notes.
- Neither uses your content to train the underlying models.
- Both let you ask questions about what was captured.
- Both operate under enterprise cloud terms.
Where Driffle is different
Not just Teams meetings
Driffle captures whatever your Mac can hear, so client calls on other platforms are not blind spots.
No licence stack
Copilot needs a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan underneath it before you can buy it. Driffle is one tool with a free plan.
Memory, not just recap
A recap tells you what happened in that meeting. Driffle connects it to the document, the thread and the last three conversations on the same subject.
Driffle and Microsoft Teams, side by side
| Driffle | Microsoft Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| How it learns about your work | Builds a running memory from your meetings and the work on your screen. | From Microsoft 365 content and Teams meetings. source |
| What it captures | Meeting audio plus the documents, threads, and apps you actually work in. | Teams meetings and Microsoft 365 documents and chats. source |
| Bot in your call | None. Driffle listens on your Mac, so nothing joins and no guest shows up in the participant list. | No separate bot. Recap runs inside Teams. source |
| Before the meeting | A brief built from your whole week, not just the last call with these people. | Prep is drawn from Microsoft 365 content you already hold. source |
| During the meeting | Transcribes quietly while you take your own notes or look something up. | Real-time summaries and insights inside Teams. source |
| After the meeting | Summary and actions land seconds after the call, folded into memory you can question later. | Meeting recap with follow-ups inside the Microsoft tools. source |
| Context beyond meetings | Yes. Meetings, documents, messages, and screen context sit in one memory. | Across Microsoft 365 apps. Content outside that estate is not covered. source |
| Where it runs | Mac, on Apple Silicon and Intel. Windows and Linux are request only today. | Inside Microsoft 365 and Teams. source |
| Trains AI on your work | Never. Models run inside our own AWS account with no training rights, and your work is not sent to any model company. | No. “Prompts and responses continue to not be used to train the underlying large language models.” source |
| Independent audit | GDPR and CCPA aligned with an Article 28 DPA. SOC 2 Type 1 audit underway, Type 2 to follow. | Microsoft 365 enterprise compliance programme. source |
| Where pricing starts | Free plan that never expires. Plus is $17 a month billed annually, $20 billed monthly. | $18 per user a month paid yearly, and a qualifying Microsoft 365 licence is required to buy it. source |
Microsoft Teams details compared as of August 2026, taken from their own pages. Products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
Which one fits
Choose Driffle when
- Your meetings are spread across Teams, Zoom and Meet.
- You want one memory covering work that is not in Microsoft 365.
- You want to start on your own without a licence change.
- You work on a Mac and want capture that follows you, not the platform.
Choose Microsoft Teams when
- Your whole company lives in Microsoft 365 and Teams.
- IT will not approve a tool outside the Microsoft estate.
- You want recap inside the apps people already have open.
- You need it deployed to hundreds of seats centrally.
Switching
Keep Copilot for the Teams meetings your company runs on, and let Driffle cover the week around them. The blind spots show up fast: the client call on Zoom, the conversation at someone's desk, the document nobody linked.
Security and your data
The parts that decide whether a tool is safe to put on your machine, stated without spin.
- Encryption
- AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit
- Hosting
- US AWS VPC
- Trains on your work
- Never, by design
- Bot in your call
- None
- Privacy law
- GDPR and CCPA aligned, Article 28 DPA
- Independent audit
- SOC 2 Type 1 underway, Type 2 to follow
Our SOC 2 Type 1 audit is underway and Type 2 follows it. Until those reports exist we describe our practices rather than point at an attestation, and we do not sign BAAs today. The full detail is on our privacy and security page.
Common questions about Driffle and Microsoft Teams
What does Microsoft 365 Copilot cost?
$18 per user a month paid yearly, and Microsoft states a separate licence for a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan is required to purchase it. Driffle Plus is $17 a month billed annually with no other licence needed.
Does Copilot work outside Teams meetings?
It works across the Microsoft 365 apps. Meetings outside that estate, such as a Zoom call with a client, are not covered. Driffle listens on your Mac regardless of the platform.
Does Microsoft train models on my meetings?
Microsoft states that prompts and responses are not used to train the underlying large language models. Driffle likewise does not train on your work.
Can I use both?
Yes, and in a Microsoft company that is often the sensible answer. Copilot covers the Teams estate, Driffle covers everything around it and keeps your own memory in one place.
Does a bot join my Teams call?
No. Copilot runs inside Teams, and Driffle listens on your machine. Neither adds a visible participant.
Is Driffle available on Windows?
Not today. Driffle ships for Mac on Apple Silicon and Intel, with Windows and Linux available by request, which matters in a heavily Microsoft organisation.
Compare Driffle with something else
Your work does not happen in meetings alone
Driffle remembers the call and everything around it, then hands it back the moment you need it.