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Campus AI Tools Comparison

UCLA is committed to provide AI tools that follow commercial safety and privacy practices to the campus community. The AI tools ecosystem is rapidly evolving, and the availability of tools will follow an iterative release and adoption approach.

VendorProductPricingEligibilityData Classification
GoogleGoogle GeminiIncludedStudents, Faculty, StaffP1–P3¹
GoogleGoogle Education PlusIncludedStudentsP1–P3¹
GoogleGoogle Gemini NotebookIncludedStudents, Faculty, StaffP1–P3¹
MicrosoftCopilot ChatIncludedStudents, Faculty, Staff 2P1–P3¹
MicrosoftM365 CopilotPurchase required — $101.02/yearFaculty, Staff 2P1–P3¹
OpenAIChatGPT Core 3Purchase required — $103.60/yearFaculty, StaffP1–P3¹
OpenAIChatGPT Advanced 3Purchase required — Pay as you goFaculty, StaffP1–P3¹
AnthropicAnthropic Products — Coming soonTBDTBD—

Footnotes

[1] P1–P3 allowed in UCLA account; P4 data allowed with Unit Head and CISO approval. Refer to the UCOP protection levels classification page for more information.

[2] Note: M365 License not issued by all campus units.

[3] Please note that at this time, Connectors to external sites or other UCLA applications are not available in ChatGPT. Connector functionality is being evaluated for privacy and security compliance, and an announcement will be made when it's available.

Notice from UCLA Health: UCLA Health (Mednet) users are eligible to use the AI tools offered by UCLA campus. However, they are not approved to be used for Protected Health Information (PHI). UCLA Health users may be eligible to use nebulaOne, which is a HIPAA compliant generative AI platform. Complete eLearning for access. 

AI tool licenses can be purchased through UCLA's Software Central

Last updated: October 2026