OpenAI vs Workday

Assistant for chat, web search, file analysis and image generation, used in the browser and in desktop and mobile apps; developers can build custom in-chat apps for it via the Apps SDK, built on the Model Context Protocol.

OpenAI's agentic web browser. Deprecated on 9 August 2026, with its browser-based agentic capabilities moved into ChatGPT and Codex.

A version of ChatGPT that US government agencies deploy in their own Microsoft Azure commercial or Azure Government cloud, so the agency manages its own security, privacy and compliance.

ChatGPT in the Excel ribbon: builds and edits spreadsheets, formulas and formatting from plain-language requests, answers questions about what is in the workbook, and asks permission before changing it. OpenAI's own page bundles this with a separate ChatGPT for Google Sheets add-in; this record covers the Excel add-in only.

ChatGPT in the PowerPoint ribbon: creates new slides, rewrites and restructures an existing deck, and turns notes, documents or spreadsheets into presentation-ready content while keeping the output editable in PowerPoint.

ChatGPT in a Microsoft Word sidebar: drafts, revises and reorganizes the open document from notes or pasted source text, pulling in context from connected apps like Outlook, SharePoint, Google Workspace and Dropbox.

OpenAI's text-to-video product. The web and app experiences were discontinued on 26 April 2026; the API will be discontinued on 24 September 2026.

Coding agent that reads, edits and runs a codebase from the terminal, an IDE extension and the ChatGPT web app.

OpenAI's cybersecurity offering, bringing together frontier cyber models, Codex Security and partner workflows to find, validate and fix vulnerabilities, with an access-gated Daybreak Red tier for authorised vulnerability research and red teaming.

Enterprise platform for connecting AI agents to systems of record and running them under enterprise identity, access and observability controls.

Scores and ranks job candidates, surfaces likely-to-apply leads from existing talent databases and partner networks, and sends recruiters AI-driven task notifications inside Workday Recruiting and tools such as Microsoft Teams.

AI-driven contract analysis and management, powered by Evisort AI, extracting insights from contract repositories via natural-language queries -- the analytical layer distinct from Workday's Contract Lifecycle Management, which handles the operational workflow.

Contract drafting, automated redlining, negotiation and approval powered by Evisort AI, with an AI-searchable clause library, custom AI models and an Ask AI function for querying stored contracts.

An AI-powered applicant tracking system for high-volume frontline hiring that automates candidate screening, interview scheduling and onboarding through mobile-first conversational interactions.

A conversational AI agent that lets job candidates search and apply for roles, complete qualification screening and self-schedule interviews via chat, SMS or WhatsApp in over 30 languages.

Workday's hub for registering, managing and governing AI agents alongside the human workforce, with lifecycle management, third-party agent integration via an Agent Gateway, identity permissioning and an analytics view of agent activity.

Workday's AI agent platform for HR, finance, IT and legal workflows, running on Workday's own transaction data -- rebranded from 'Illuminate' in March 2026 after Workday's $1.1B acquisition of Sana closed in November 2025.