u/lebron7

I’m using ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity for pretty different things without really planning it that way. At first I treated them all like they were basically the same tool, but after using them more the differences started to show.

ChatGPT is still the one I open most. It’s the easiest for general work because it can handle writing, brainstorming, planning, research, files and random questions in one place. Projects are useful when I’m working on something for more than a day and want to keep the context together. I also like being able to jump from a quick question into something much deeper without changing tools. The downside is that because it does so much, I sometimes use it for things where another tool would probably do a better job.

Claude is the one I prefer when I’m dealing with a lot of text. Long documents, rewriting, cleaning up something I already wrote or trying to make an idea more structured. Projects help when I’m working on the same topic for a while, and Artifacts are nice when you want the actual output sitting separately from the chat. For me the writing often feels a bit more natural too. The problem is there’s a lot of overlap with ChatGPT, so I can see why some people wouldn’t want to pay for both.

Perplexity is the one I use when I’m mainly trying to find information. I like that the sources are right there and I can quickly open them instead of getting one answer and trusting it. It’s useful for comparing things, researching a topic or getting a quick overview before going deeper. I don’t really use it for long writing though. It feels more like a research tool than something I’d use for everything.

So for me it’s roughly ChatGPT for general work, Claude for longer writing and documents, and Perplexity for research. Which one do you actually use most in your day to day work? And is there one thing you think any of them does clearly better than the others?