Why I Switched 50% of My Work from ChatGPT to Claude
Regardless of the new ChatGPT updates
Since ChatGPT was released, I’ve been using it exclusively for my main projects
Yes, I use NotebookLM, Nano Banana, and other tools powered by Gemini, but mainly for side projects. Only one tool has earned a permanent spot alongside ChatGPT in my core workflow: Claude.
This article isn’t about replacing ChatGPT completely (I still use it a lot)
This article is about the four main reasons to choose Claude over ChatGPT.
Reason #1: Claude Artifacts
Reason #2: Instruction following
Reason #3: Claude’s responses
Reason #4: Automate presentations, reports, docs, and more
Let’s see them in more detail!
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Reason #1: Claude Artifacts
Claude artifacts are interactive applications created by Claude during a chat. They can be documents, websites, and diagrams that appear in a dedicated panel next to the chat.
Artifacts are great for easy viewing and editing. Claude can create and edit Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, and PDFs directly.
For example, I have a prompt that proofreads my articles. I give it a draft, and it produces three files:
A) Clean copy (final, ready to publish).
B) Change log with bullets explaining notable edits (rewordings, deletions, tone shifts)
C) Diffs: Shows a diff with deletions (strikethrough) and bold insertions. Strikethrough in red and bold insertions in blue
When I run my prompt with Claude, a panel opens on the right. That’s the artifacts panel. There, I can quickly take a look at the content of the file and iterate if I’m not happy with the result.
As you can see below, the doc artifact supports strikethrough and colored bold insertions, which makes it easy for me to spot the corrections.
When I tried this prompt with ChatGPT, I only got a download link. When I turned on “Canvas,“ I got something similar to Claude artifacts but without any formatting, making it very hard to spot the corrections.
Claude artifacts can also help you turn ideas into interactive AI-powered apps, which is great if you want to create a dashboard, quizzes, training materials, landing pages, and anything that can be created with code (without you knowing how to code!)
If you need inspiration, there are a bunch of artifacts examples available in Claude.
Reason #2: Instruction following
After testing similar prompts on ChatGPT and Claude, I’ve noticed that Claude is slightly better at instruction following than ChatGPT.
That small edge may be irrelevant in some cases, but it can be critical in others.
Let’s consider my proofreading prompt again. Claude successfully generated three files as requested, but ChatGPT put all three files into one.
Now, this isn’t a big deal. I could ask ChatGPT to split the files into three.
Things got ugly when I opened the files ChatGPT generated, though—especially the one with the highlighted corrections.
Claude properly highlighted the deletions and text insertions, while ChatGPT colored half of the text blue and the other half red.
In my prompt, I asked for a “light edit while preserving my meaning and voice.“ Claude followed my instructions, while in some cases ChatGPT completely changed my sentences
I asked ChatGPT to fix its mistakes multiple times, but it wasn’t able to do it.
This isn’t something exclusive to this task. Claude understands my instructions more reliably when generating reports, presentations, and other documents.
Reason #3: Claude’s responses
If you ever found ChatGPT’s responses robotic, long, and overwhelming, you might like Claude’s more.
Claude usually goes straight to the point and avoids recycled filler phrases
Claude’s responses sound more human and less robotic
Claude can copy your writing style (it’s not perfect, but it’s better than ChatGPT)
To create a writing style on Claude, follow these steps:
Search and tools → Use style → Create & edit styles → Add writing samples
You can also provide the writing samples in a chat. I’ve used this approach to get Claude to generate Substack notes from my long articles. I started by feeding it notes I’d written myself. Then, each time I upload a new article, it generates 10 note ideas. I use those ideas as a starting point, and it helps me a lot!
You can do the same to edit your emails and strategy docs in your style.
Note: You can control how ChatGPT responds with custom instructions (learn how here). That said, with Claude, I don’t need to add extra instructions. I either stick with its default settings or ask it to mimic my writing style
Reason #4: Claude Skills (Automation)
If you’ve ever struggled to get tasks done quickly using custom GPTs or projects (whether for yourself or your team), you should try Claude Skills.
Claude Skills is a paid feature that lets you generate reusable instructions to help it perform specialized tasks.
You can create a skill to follow your company’s standards more reliably
Let’s see an example
I asked Claude to create a quick presentation about Claude Skills (no skills enabled). I got very generic slides
Here’s what I got when using a skill that copies Anthropic brand guidelines (it nailed the colors, design, etc)
There are many skills you can create (or download … more on that later).
Here’s another skill I used to turn a dataset into a report with insights and visualizations
Just like that, you can use skills to:
Create custom workflows
Save hours on repetitive tasks (creating reports, docs, etc)
Generate content that follows your company’s brand guidelines, chart styles, font choices, visual design principles, and more
If you want to learn how to do this with Claude skills, keep reading
P.S. Skills can also be uploaded to ChatGPT and Gemini (performance may not be quite as strong, though)
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