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Snoooz answers for the business. Copilot in Outlook summarizes threads, writes drafts, and coaches your tone. Someone still reads every one and presses send. **Snoooz takes the inbox off your team**: it answers from your own knowledge, sends once you trust it, routes what needs a person, and follows up on its own. [Book a demo](https://snoooz.ai/book-a-demo) [Start free](https://app.snoooz.ai/setup) - SOC 2 Type 2 - ISO 27001 - HIPAA - GDPR - EU data residency Your browser does not support the video tag. How they differ ## Copilot assists the person. Snoooz runs the inbox. Copilot is a very capable assistant sitting next to whoever opens Outlook. Snoooz is pointed at the inbox itself. Here is where the two split. CopilotMC the difference SSnoooz \-Copilot ### Microsoft, and the current Outlook Exchange Online is the requirement, and several Copilot experiences are unavailable in **classic Outlook for Windows**. Email stack ✓Snoooz ### Every mailbox, classic Outlook included Gmail, Outlook including **classic desktop Outlook**, and any **IMAP/SMTP** provider such as Zoho, Apple, Yahoo, and cPanel. \-Copilot ### Built around the primary mailbox Microsoft's own documentation limits Copilot in Outlook to a user's **primary Exchange Online mailbox**. Shared, delegate, and group mailboxes only recently gained partial support, for summarizing and drafting. Whose mailbox? ✓Snoooz ### Built for shared inboxes Snoooz runs role inboxes like **support@, info@, and billing@** as first-class citizens, because that is what it was designed to do, not a capability retrofitted onto a personal assistant. \-Copilot ### Drafts, coaches, waits Draft with Copilot writes it. Coaching by Copilot refines the tone. Summary by Copilot tells you what the thread says. A person still reads it and presses send, every time. Does it send? ✓Snoooz ### Sends once you trust it Snoooz starts **draft-first** so you can build trust, then auto-sends the replies you approve. It is configurable per workflow, and a human stays on anything sensitive. \-Copilot ### Everything in Microsoft, nothing outside it Copilot is genuinely strong across your tenant: mail, files, Teams, SharePoint. Your help centre in Zendesk, Intercom, or Document360 is not in Microsoft Graph, so it cannot answer from it. What it knows ✓Snoooz ### Trained on your knowledge Snoooz answers from your **docs, FAQs, website, Zendesk, Intercom, Document360, and SharePoint**, so replies stay accurate and consistent across the team. \-Copilot ### You triage it yourself Copilot can help you prioritize, flag, and archive, and it can write Outlook rules for you. Every one of those is you working your own queue faster. Who takes it? ✓Snoooz ### Routes, escalates, follows up Snoooz routes by **CRM data, sentiment, and language** (round-robin, owner, or queue), escalates the hard ones, and follows up until the recipient replies. \-Copilot ### Per person, on top of a base plan Microsoft 365 Copilot is an add-on requiring a qualifying base license, so the headline seat price is rarely the real one. Everyone who works the inbox needs their own seat. Cost to scale ✓Snoooz ### Automate the inbox, not the seats Snoooz handles the volume itself, so growing the queue does not mean growing the headcount that reads it. ### The bottom line Copilot makes each person faster inside their own Outlook. **Snoooz means fewer emails reach a person at all**: it answers from your knowledge, sends, routes, and follows up, so your customers get replies instead of your team getting better drafts. How Snoooz works ## One email can trigger the whole workflow A faster draft still needs someone to send it. Snoooz works through the whole job, **the way a teammate would**. Resolving one inbound email Understand01 / 05 ### Reads the real intent A **Acme Inc**to support@yourco.com "Can you confirm pricing and whether this works with Salesforce?" Intent · pricing + integration Sentiment · neutral Language · EN Ground02 / 05 ### Pulls your knowledge Searching your knowledge ✓ Pricing & plans.pdf ✓ Salesforce integration guide ✓ Support FAQ · SharePoint ✓ Grounded answer ready Look up03 / 05 ### Checks the context CRM **Acme Inc**Matched in Salesforce Plan**Enterprise** Account owner**Dana R.** Open deal**$48,000** Act04 / 05 ### Takes the right action Actions taken Reply sent Routed to Dana Label · Sales Escalate ✓ Answered from approved knowledge Close the loop05 / 05 ### Follows up on its own Follow-up plan Follow-up 1 · in 2 days Working hours only ✓ Stops when they reply 01 ### Reads the real intent It works out what the sender actually needs, plus **sentiment and language**, instead of matching keywords. 02 ### Pulls your knowledge Answers come from your **docs, FAQs, website, Zendesk, Intercom, and SharePoint**, so they are accurate and never made up. 03 ### Checks the context It reads the sender in your **CRM, order history, and past threads** before deciding what to do. 04 ### Takes the right action It **drafts for review, sends when trusted, labels, routes, or escalates** to the right person, all by your rules. 05 ### Follows up on its own It chases politely on your schedule and **stops the moment the recipient replies**, with no manual tracking. #### Sales Replies to inbound leads in seconds and routes hot ones to the owner, so deals don't go cold. #### Support Answers the repetitive questions from your knowledge base and escalates anything unhappy or unusual. #### Internal Answers policy, process, and IT questions from SharePoint, so internal queues stay short. Any tool can draft email. But is that enough? Snoooz drafts when a human should review, sends when the answer is approved, routes when someone needs to step in, and follows up when the thread goes quiet. In practice ## Same email. Two very different days. Here is what actually happens when a real message lands, in each tool. ### A pricing enquiry hits sales@ \-In Copilot It sits in the shared mailbox until a rep opens it. Copilot summarizes the thread and drafts a reply. The rep checks the pricing themselves, adjusts the tone with Coaching, and sends it, then makes a mental note to follow up. Faster than typing from scratch, still entirely dependent on someone opening the mailbox ✓In Snoooz Snoooz reads the intent, pulls current pricing from your **approved docs**, checks the sender against your CRM, sends the answer, routes the thread to the account owner, and schedules a follow-up that stops the moment they reply. A few seconds, at 2am if that is when it arrived ### An angry customer emails support@ \-In Copilot Whoever opens the mailbox sees it, and can ask Copilot to summarize the history. Getting it to the right person is a manual forward or a rule someone wrote in advance. ✓In Snoooz **Sentiment analysis** flags it on arrival, Snoooz escalates it straight to the right person, and the customer gets an acknowledgement immediately rather than after the queue clears. ### A repeat question lands in info@ for the ninetieth time \-In Copilot Draft with Copilot writes the answer in seconds, assuming the answer is somewhere in your tenant. Someone still reviews and sends it. Ninety times. ✓In Snoooz Snoooz answers it **from your knowledge base** and sends. Nobody sees it unless they want to. ### The answer lives in your Zendesk help centre \-In Copilot Copilot grounds in Microsoft Graph. If the article is not in SharePoint or an email, it has no source and the rep looks it up manually. ✓In Snoooz Snoooz is trained on **Zendesk, Intercom, Document360, SharePoint**, your website, and your docs, so the answer is already available to the reply. Side by side ## Why Snoooz wins, line by line See exactly where Snoooz goes further than Copilot in Outlook, capability by capability. Capability SSnoooz Built to run your inbox MCMicrosoft Copilot Core job Resolves email for your business and shared inboxes An AI assistant for the person using Outlook Mailbox support ✓Gmail, Outlook, and IMAP/SMTP (Zoho, Apple, Yahoo, cPanel) \-Exchange Online primary mailboxes Classic Outlook ✓Full classic desktop Outlook add-in \-Several Copilot experiences unavailable AI drafting ✓Drafts in your tone, from your knowledge ✓Draft with Copilot, plus tone coaching Thread summaries ✓Summarizes and extracts intent ✓Strong summaries with citations Automatic sending ✓Draft-first, then auto-sends what you trust \-Drafts and suggests, a person sends Shared and role inboxes ✓support@, info@, billing@ run automatically \-Primary mailbox first, partial shared support for summarize and draft Routing and escalation ✓Round-robin, sentiment, and language based \-Manual triage, or rules you write Automatic follow-ups ✓Sends them on schedule, stops when they reply \-Helps you write one, does not send it Automation without a build project ✓Configure workflows in the product \-Agent building runs through Copilot Studio Trained on company knowledge ✓Docs, FAQs, website, Zendesk, Intercom, Document360, SharePoint ✓Strong inside Microsoft 365, not beyond it Business-system integrations ✓CRM, helpdesk, e-commerce, ERP, and calendar, read and write ✓Deep across the Microsoft stack Model choice and BYOK ✓BYOK and 300+ models via OpenRouter, plus an MCP server \-Microsoft's models Compliance ✓SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, CASA Tier 2 ✓Enterprise Microsoft commitments EU data residency ✓Choose EU or US data residency, on every plan ✓Via Microsoft tenant configuration Cost model ✓Automates the volume, not priced per reader \-Per user, as an add-on to a base license Best for Teams automating customer and shared email Individuals working faster inside Microsoft 365 Comparison reflects each product's public documentation and positioning at the time of writing. Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities, mailbox support, and licensing change frequently and vary by plan and region, so please verify the latest details before relying on them. Integrations ## Wired into the tools your business runs on. Copilot is superb inside Microsoft. Most businesses are not only inside Microsoft. Snoooz connects to every email provider, plus the CRM, helpdesk, e-commerce, ERP, and calendars your team already relies on, reading and writing across them. **Email**Every provider ![Gmail](https://snoooz.ai/hubfs/gmail_logo.png) ![Outlook](https://snoooz.ai/hubfs/outlook_logo.png) ![Yahoo Mail](https://snoooz.ai/hubfs/yahoo-logo-illustration-in-square-background-free-png.png.webp) ![IMAP / SMTP](https://snoooz.ai/hubfs/smtp.webp) ![Apple Mail](https://snoooz.ai/hubfs/mini-hero-mail.png) **E-commerce**Orders & shipping ![Shopify](https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Shopify-Logo.png) ![WooCommerce](https://uxwing.com/wp-content/themes/uxwing/download/brands-and-social-media/woocommerce-icon.png) ![BigCommerce](https://uxwing.com/wp-content/themes/uxwing/download/brands-and-social-media/bigcommerce-icon.png) **CRM**Customer context ![Salesforce](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Salesforce.com_logo.svg/3840px-Salesforce.com_logo.svg.png) ![HubSpot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/HubSpot_Logo.svg/1280px-HubSpot_Logo.svg.png) **Helpdesk**Tickets & docs ![Zendesk](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Zendesk_logo.svg) ![Intercom](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Intercom_logo.png) ![Document360](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C510BAQHTHuJLEyrvwg/company-logo_200_200/company-logo_200_200/0/1631436582741/document360_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=vEzQSTk2JF0jBaY5XvQzCe18Pdcs0ma2IXEwEFsqEJE) **ERP**Records & orders ![SAP](https://img.favpng.com/0/19/8/logo-sap-erp-sap-se-enterprise-resource-planning-organization-png-favpng-4juCDiA3y89GPJudhbXMqiZhn.jpg) ![Microsoft Dynamics](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Microsoft_Dynamics_365_Logo_%282021–present%29.svg/960px-Microsoft_Dynamics_365_Logo_%282021–present%29.svg.png?_=20250601180652) ![Odoo](https://odoocdn.com/openerp_website/static/src/img/assets/png/odoo_logo.png) **Calendars**Scheduling ![Google Calendar](https://cdn-icons-png.flaticon.com/512/5968/5968499.png) ![Outlook Calendar](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvirpYHvMwcdRUZ2j8xxz0ljombxukBucICYZWKhwSM4gxmz8fiuF8q-tq&s=10) ![Calendly](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6995bfb8e3e1359ecf9c33a8/6995bfb8e3e1359ecf9c50de_idoHNAJiuQ.webp) ![ChiliPiper](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61c9fe00acd90d5e82f7014d/63f7f5831318dee38408fad1_Group%20694.png) **Files & Docs**Knowledge sources ![PDF](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/PDF_file_icon.svg/1920px-PDF_file_icon.svg.png) ![Microsoft Word](https://mailmeteor.com/logos/assets/PNG/Microsoft_Office_Word_Logo_512px.png) ![CSV / Google Sheets](https://www.serif.ai/_next/image?url=%2Fgoogle%2Fsheets%2FGoogle_Sheets_Logo_512px.png&w=750&q=75) ![Google Drive](https://mailmeteor.com/logos/assets/PNG/Google_Drive_Logo_512px.png) ![Dropbox](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Dropbox_Icon.svg/1280px-Dropbox_Icon.svg.png) ![Snoooz](https://snoooz.ai/hubfs/Snoooz%20Logo-1.png) ### Your whole stack, in one assistant. Every tool feeds Snoooz, so replies are accurate and the right action actually happens. [Explore all integrations](https://snoooz.ai/integrations) The Inbox Impact Report ## 3.6 million+ emails handled.600,000 estimated hours returned. We measured what happens when teams stop doing repetitive inbox work by hand. See how Snoooz turned millions of processed emails into time saved, workdays returned, and productivity value unlocked. [Read the report](https://snoooz.ai/inbox-impact-report) [See the ROI](https://snoooz.ai/inbox-impact-report#preview) Estimates are modeled using Snoooz internal platform data. Actual results may vary. Snoooz impact **3.6M+** emails handled **600K** estimated hours returned **75K** workdays returned **$22.4M** estimated value **288+** work years recovered Used by **3,000+**businesses **60+**countries drafted labeled replied routed summarized FAQ ## Questions, answered The things teams ask most when they compare Snoooz with Microsoft Copilot. We already pay for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Why add Snoooz? Because Copilot is licensed to **people** and Snoooz is pointed at **inboxes**. Copilot makes each person faster once they open Outlook. Snoooz answers, sends, routes, and follows up whether or not anyone opens it. Those are different jobs, and the second one is where shared inbox volume actually goes. Can Copilot run our support@ or info@ mailbox? Only partly. Microsoft's documentation restricts Copilot in Outlook to a user's **primary Exchange Online mailbox**, and shared and delegated mailbox support is recent and limited to summarizing and drafting. Even there it is a person using an assistant inside that mailbox. There is no routing, no ownership logic, and no sending. Does Snoooz actually send emails, or just draft them? Both. Snoooz starts in **draft-first** mode so you can review its replies and build trust, then auto-sends the workflows you approve. Every Copilot email feature ends with a human pressing send. Copilot can write Outlook rules for us. Isn't that automation? Rules move mail around. They decide where an email **goes**. Snoooz decides what the email **needs**: it writes the answer from your approved knowledge, sends it, routes what a person should see, and follows up. Building an agent that acts on email in the Microsoft stack means Copilot Studio, which is a separate product and a build project. Our help centre is in Zendesk. Does that matter? Quite a lot. Copilot grounds in Microsoft Graph, so it is excellent on your mail, files, Teams, and SharePoint, and blind to a help centre article that lives outside it. Snoooz trains on **Zendesk, Intercom, Document360, SharePoint, your website, and your docs**. Half our team is on Gmail. Does that matter? With Copilot in Outlook, yes. Business Copilot scenarios require Exchange Online. Snoooz works across Gmail, Outlook including **classic desktop Outlook**, and any **IMAP/SMTP** provider such as Zoho, Apple, Yahoo, and cPanel. We are still on classic Outlook for Windows. Several Copilot experiences are not available there. Snoooz ships a **full classic desktop Outlook add-in**, so teams that have not migrated are not left out. Does Snoooz follow up if nobody replies? Yes, it sends the follow-up itself. You set the timing, the number of attempts, and the working hours, and it **stops the moment the recipient replies**. Copilot can help you write a follow-up. Someone still has to remember to. Is Snoooz safe for regulated teams? Yes. Snoooz is **SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and CASA Tier 2**, and you can choose **EU or US data residency on every plan**. Your email is never used to train public AI models. What does it cost as the team grows? Microsoft 365 Copilot is priced per user as an add-on on top of a qualifying base license, so every person who works the inbox is another seat on top of a seat. Snoooz automates the volume itself, so a busier queue does not automatically mean more people reading it. Can we use both? Most Microsoft shops do. Keep Copilot for personal productivity across Outlook, Word, Teams, and Excel. Point Snoooz at the shared inboxes where customer volume piles up. They are not competing for the same seat. How long does it take to get started? Minutes. Connect a mailbox, point Snoooz at your knowledge, and start in **draft-first** mode to review what it writes. As you build trust, switch on automation workflow by workflow. No tenant rollout, no admin project. Still deciding? [Book a 20-minute demo](https://snoooz.ai/book-a-demo) and see it on your own inbox. A better draft still needs someone to send it. **Snoooz takes the whole inbox off your team**, answering, sending, routing, and following up. See it on your own inbox. 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