Notuly.
The AI notetaker for every conversation: in-person, hybrid and online.
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Both tools help you write up your conversations, but where and how they work sets them apart. Copilot is tied to Microsoft Teams. Notuly works in-person, hybrid and online, processes your data in the Netherlands and stores none of your conversations.
Three conversations free, no payment details needed.Available on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Notuly.
The AI notetaker for every conversation: in-person, hybrid and online.
Microsoft Copilot
The AI assistant within Microsoft 365 and Teams.
Short answer
The difference between Notuly and Copilot: with Copilot you're tied to Microsoft Teams. Notuly is one uniform way of taking notes for every conversation in your organisation, wherever it happens and whatever the platform.
Capture in-person conversations with your phone and online meetings with the desktop app. Everything is processed the same way on Dutch servers, and no audio is left behind.
Side by side
Both take the notes in your meeting. The difference is where they work, and where your data goes afterwards.
| Feature | Notuly | Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| In-person conversations | Your phone on the table | –Only via Facilitator in the Teams mobile app, with a Copilot licence |
| Online meetings (Teams, Zoom, Meet) | Through the desktop app | Teams only |
| Hybrid meetings | Desktop app or phone | The Teams side only |
| Native in Teams, no extra app | –No, Notuly is a separate app | Yes |
| Processing in the EU | Amsterdam | Microsoft cloud (EU Data Boundary; does not cover Anthropic models) |
| Own AI model | Yes | Microsoft AI (OpenAI and Anthropic models) |
| Audio deleted after processing | Within a minute | The recording stays in Teams |
| Training on your conversations | Never | Not on enterprise licences* |
| Summary and decisions | Yes | Yes |
| Action points with a name and a deadline | Yes | Yes |
| Dutch-language reports | In Dutch or English | Yes |
| Sending the report to people outside your organisation | Optional, straight from the app | Copy and paste by hand |
| Requires | A free account | A Microsoft 365 Copilot licence |
| Price | Free, or Pro at €9.99 per month (billed yearly) | Part of the M365 Copilot licence |
| Data processing agreement | On Team and above | Through Microsoft |
The difference in detail
Five questions buyers ask us, with the answer up front.
Yes. The desktop app for macOS and Windows captures your video meeting straight from your laptop. No bot entering the meeting, no participants watching their words.
It works hybrid too: Daniël sits in the meeting room with the desktop app running, while Sam and Leila join through Teams. One recording, one report, in all three inboxes within ten minutes.
That's how you get automatic notes in Teams without a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence, and the same goes for Zoom and Google Meet.
When your organisation lives in Microsoft 365 and nearly everything runs through Teams. Copilot runs natively in the meeting, drops the summary into the chat and also helps with email and documents.
On the other hand, Copilot requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence and captures nothing outside Teams. Which licence gets you which notes is covered in Microsoft Teams meeting notes.
When your conversations happen in-person, hybrid and online and you want one notetaker for all of them. In the room, your phone on the table is enough; online, you start the desktop app.
And when privacy carries weight: Dutch servers in Amsterdam, our own AI, audio deleted after processing and no searchable archive.
With Copilot the recording stays in your Microsoft tenant and the processing runs through Microsoft AI. For many commercial organisations that's fine: there's already a Microsoft contract with a data processing agreement in place.
For organisations in healthcare, in local government and in legal services the route weighs more heavily: Notuly processes in Amsterdam, deletes the audio within a minute of processing and never trains on your conversations.
Yes, they work independently of each other. A normal week: Monday, the team meeting in Teams with Copilot; Tuesday, a client conversation on site with your phone on the table; Wednesday, a hybrid project meeting through the desktop app; Thursday, a negotiation at the supplier's. Zero write-ups by hand.
A sales team uses Copilot for the internal stand-up and Notuly for the client conversation. A local council runs the committee meeting in Teams and captures the home visit with Notuly. A construction firm discusses the project in Teams and captures the site meeting in the cabin with Notuly.
Alternative
If you're looking for an alternative to Copilot for taking your meeting notes, Notuly is it. You don't need a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence and you don't need Teams: a free account is enough.
In the room, your phone on the table is enough; online, you start the desktop app in Teams, Zoom or Google Meet. Within ten minutes the report with the decisions and the action points is in everyone's inbox, including people outside your organisation.
Getting started costs nothing: three conversations free, no payment details needed.
Free and with no payment details. There's nothing to migrate: Notuly keeps no archive, so you take nothing with you and leave nothing behind.
On macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. In the room, your phone on the table is enough; online, you start the desktop app in your Teams, Zoom or Meet meeting.
Within ten minutes the report is ready, with the summary, the decisions and the action points, including for people outside your organisation.
The audio is deleted within a minute of processing. Once your report has been sent, we no longer hold your data. What we don't keep can't leak.
We work in line with:
ISO 27001.
We work in line with ISO standards. Our data servers run in an ISO 27001-certified data centre in Amsterdam.
Copilot only takes notes inside Microsoft Teams and processes your meeting through Microsoft. Notuly takes the notes for every conversation, in-person, hybrid and online, with your phone on the table or the desktop app on your laptop, and keeps the processing on Dutch servers in Amsterdam.
Only with an add-on: the Facilitator agent in the Teams mobile app can take notes of an in-person meeting, and it requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence. Without that licence, Copilot picks up none of the conversation at the table. Notuly needs none of that: you start the recording at the table and the report is in your email.
Yes. The desktop app for macOS and Windows takes the notes straight from your laptop, in Teams, Zoom and Google Meet. No bot enters your meeting and you don't need a Microsoft 365 licence.
For notetaking, yes: Notuly covers in-person, hybrid and online conversations in one app. Copilot does more than take notes within Microsoft 365 (chat, email, documents); Notuly doesn't replace that part.
Copilot processes your meeting through Microsoft: Microsoft servers, Microsoft AI (OpenAI and Anthropic models) and a recording that stays in Teams. Notuly processes on its own servers in Amsterdam, deletes the audio within a minute of processing and never trains on your conversations. Microsoft states that enterprise data is not used for AI training; check the terms of your licence.
Copilot is part of a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence. Notuly Starter is free: three conversations per month, no payment details needed. Pro is a fixed monthly price including VAT; the current prices are in the comparison table above. They are separate costs for separate tools.
For everything outside the Microsoft route: the meeting over Zoom or Google Meet, the in-person conversation without a Copilot licence, and every conversation where you'd rather the recording didn't stay in the Microsoft cloud.
Notuly covers in-person, hybrid and online in one app, with no Teams and no Microsoft 365 licence. For a broader comparison, see the guide to the best AI notetakers in Europe.
There is little to migrate: Notuly keeps no archive, so you take nothing with you and leave nothing behind. Create an account, download the app and record your first conversation. Three conversations free, no payment details needed.
Yes. They work independently of each other: Copilot in Teams, Notuly on your phone or through the desktop app. No conflict, no overlapping settings.
Notuly vs Microsoft Copilot in short: Copilot takes notes inside Microsoft Teams and processes your meeting through Microsoft, with a recording that stays in your tenant. Notuly takes the notes for every conversation, in-person, hybrid and online: your phone on the table, or the desktop app for macOS and Windows in Teams, Zoom or Google Meet. Processing on Dutch servers in Amsterdam, audio deleted within a minute of processing, no archive and no training on your data. Copilot requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence; Notuly Starter is free with three conversations per month, no payment details needed. Both can produce reports in Dutch; with Notuly you choose Dutch or English per report.
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Let Notuly capture your next conversation, around the table or in an online meeting, and see what's waiting in your inbox afterwards. Three conversations free, no payment details needed.