Nobody Wins the Claude vs ChatGPT Fight. We Use Both. Everyone wants us to pick a side. We're not going to. This is the honest breakdown of Claude versus ChatGPT, where we each started, why so many people made the switch this spring, and what we actually reach for now depending on the task. Joyce broke up with ChatGPT and crawled back. Kinsey is up Fable's butt. And somewhere in the middle is the real answer, which is that the tools are closer than ever and the smartest move is knowing when to use each. If you keep hearing you should quit one and commit to the other, this one's for you. You'll walk away knowing how to choose if you only want one tool, when speed beats strategy, why Claude still wins on design, and how to keep your business moving the week your AI decides to lose its mind. In this episode: The unhinged check-in, where Kinsey connected Stripe and Kit to Claude and had it break down the numbers from their first two Her AI Club launchesWhere we both started, ChatGPT girlies until spring 2025, and what kicked off the great switch to ClaudeWhy the two tools are basically at feature parity now, with skills, projects, and connectors on both sidesThe one rule for choosing if you only want to use one, pick the tool that has the longest history with youWhat Joyce uses Chat for, speed, content, and voice, versus what she keeps Claude for, strategy and the Chrome connectorWhy Claude still wins on design, and the trick of starting a design in Claude and finishing it in ChatGPTThe GitHub move that lets ChatGPT update a live website in secondsHow to keep working when a tool goes wonky mid-launch, and why an external brain in Google Docs or Airtable is your insurancePitting your two tools against each other to get a better answerChapters: 00:00 — The Unhinged Check-In 00:21 — Kinsey had Claude analyze launch numbers for the Ellen Yin interview 01:29 — Eyebrow lamination and eyelash perm horror stories 02:47 — Joyce asked ChatGPT to list her unhinged questions 03:33 — Using ChatGPT as an expert car seat shopper 04:18 — Claude Browser reading community comments 05:02 — Trip planning with AI: Iceland camping and tomato farms 06:14 — Claude vs ChatGPT: Why we use both 06:48 — From ChatGPT girlies to the switch to Claude 08:08 — Joyce's breakup with ChatGPT and going back 09:01 — Custom GPTs vs skills, projects, and connectors 10:01 — Why Joyce uses Chat for speed and Claude for strategy 11:25 — What Kinsey uses each tool for 15:08 — Claude for analysis, designing, and the Fables model 16:21 — ChatGPT's GitHub connection for website updates 18:03 — When AI tools act weird and keeping a shared source of truth 19:39 — Airtable as an external brain + AI ecosystem training 20:38 — Pricing, summer slacking, and AI girl math 22:21 — The answer: it's not Chat vs Claude, it's both 23:03 — Dog adoption phone call interruption 24:31 — Pitting your AI tools against each other 26:24 — Final advice and wrap-up --- 🎁 GRAB OUR FREE STUFF The Claude Skills Playbook — our personalized playbook that shows you exactly which Claude Skills would save you the most time in your business. → Get the playbook: https://skillsplaybook.com --- ✨ COME NERD OUT WITH US Her AI Club™ is where women entrepreneurs go deeper with AI — together. Skills, templates, live calls, and 300+ women who get why you were up at 11pm building a bot. → Join the club: https://heraiclub.co/ --- 🎙 THE SHOW New episodes every Monday. Follow so they land in your feed, and if this one made you laugh or gave you something to try, a rating helps more women find us. Connect with us: Kinsey → follow on instagram: @ai.kinsey | @authenticai.co Joyce → follow on instagram: @ai.joycechristine | @heraiclub --- The Her AI Era Summit is happening October 12–16 🙌 → Join the waitlist: https://heraierasummit.com Podcast edited and managed by Pamela Krista
