ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude

 

ChatGPT

• Best-in-class image generation (better than DALL-E)
• Sora video generation (video only)
• Conversational memory across chats
• Personable audio chat (less stiff/terse than Gemini)

Gemini

• Deep Google ecosystem integration (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Maps)
• 1M token context window (can handle massive documents)
• Veo3 video + audio generation (more complete than Sora). YouTube training data powering video generation
• Conversational memory
• Real-time web access through Google Search

Claude

• Extensive tool integrations and flexibility
• Artifact creation for interactive content
• Natural, personable voice conversations (less stiff/terse than Gemini)

ChatGPT vs Gemini

 ChatGPT (paid) advantages:

• Better image generation than Gemini
• Audio chat is more personable than Gemini, less stiff/businesslike/terse
• Unlike Gemini, ChatGPT's Deep Research asks clarifying questions before starting. 
• Really good analysis of people relationships 

Gemini (paid) advantages:

• Better video generation (with audio)
• 2 TB Google Drive space
• Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets integration
• Automatically does web searches without having to click a Web button
• 1-2M context window vs 128K
• Handles large amounts of spreadsheet-type data pasted in - ChatGPT misses a lot 
• The Gems feature is really good, especially one in which I asked it to be "a Catholic spiritual director, drawing on the wisdom of the saints and Catholic tradition." The advice was a lot meatier than when I tried the same in Claude.
• Can add an event to Google Calendar via screenshot or picture
• Can ask questions of the current spreadsheet, PDF, or doc in Google Drive. 
• More comprehensive and precise answers than Claude for "how to" questions

Claude (paid) advantages:

• Integrations feature lets me query Atlassian Confluence
• Audio chat is more personable than Gemini, less stiff/businesslike/terse  Audio chat is customizable with instructions in Claude Project. Gemini Gems don't have audio chat.
• Unlike Gemini, Claude's Deep Research asks clarifying questions before starting. 

Zen Browser

 I have been trying out Zen Browser for a few days and am quite liking it as a replacement for Arc Browser for which support seems to be getting discontinued.

 Zen is better than Arc for:

• Seems to use less memory
• Open source 
• Extensions are shared between Spaces - you don't need to reinstall extensions for each Space 

Arc is still better than Zen for:

• Cmd+T can access extensions 
• Little Arc windows 

General reasons to prefer Zen/Arc over other browsers:

• Vertical tabs
•  Spaces (dedicated space for a profile and its tabs)