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ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot: One Task, Compared

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By Robert Breen · Published · From the free lesson Same Task, Four Assistants: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot

A visual guide to the same office task in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot: what each one added, what to check, and how to pick the one for work.

  1. Four assistants compared. The same task in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot. A client reminder email and a table of this week’s tasks, for a made-up insurance agency. What differed, and how to choose.
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  2. Step 1. Paste the same words into each. A fair test: one task, word for word. In the lesson, all four did the job. The differences were mostly style. Screenshot: ChatGPT’s answer: a renewal reminder email and a table of this week’s tasks.
    Slide 2 of 8
  3. Step 2. Claude added a tip you didn’t ask for. Claude added where to find the VIN. Helpful, but it’s extra, so check it before you rely on it. Screenshot: Claude’s answer, with a note that it added where to find the VIN.
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  4. Step 3. Gemini added your title and phone number. Gemini put a job title and phone number under the signature. If it first asks to connect Gmail, you can say no thanks and ask it to answer in the chat. Screenshot: Gemini’s answer with an action subject line and a weekly task table.
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  5. Step 4. Copilot gave the shortest email. On a work account, the Work badge means Copilot can use your company’s files and email, if your company allows it. The second message matters more than the brand. Screenshot: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat rewriting the email under 60 words.
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  6. Step 5. Score the answers on facts. For each answer, check the date and the VIN request, the phone number, and five rows in the right order. Then pick the one you can use at work. Screenshot: A scorecard checking all four answers, with Copilot Chat chosen for work.
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  7. How to choose. Use the one your company pays for and allows. Your company data stays under its rules. On Microsoft 365, that is Copilot Chat. On Google Workspace, that is Gemini. At home, try the free plans and keep the one you like.
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  8. Run the comparison free in practice copies. Lesson: Same task, four assistants, about 8 minutes. Free at learn.ynteractive.com.
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A client reminder email and a table of this week’s tasks, for a made-up insurance agency. What differed, and how to choose.

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  1. Paste the same words into each

    A fair test: one task, word for word. In the lesson, all four did the job. The differences were mostly style.

  2. Claude added a tip you didn’t ask for

    Claude added where to find the VIN. Helpful, but it’s extra, so check it before you rely on it.

  3. Gemini added your title and phone number

    Gemini put a job title and phone number under the signature. If it first asks to connect Gmail, you can say no thanks and ask it to answer in the chat.

  4. Copilot gave the shortest email

    On a work account, the Work badge means Copilot can use your company’s files and email, if your company allows it. The second message matters more than the brand.

  5. Score the answers on facts

    For each answer, check the date and the VIN request, the phone number, and five rows in the right order. Then pick the one you can use at work.

Use the one your company pays for and allows

Businesses and people in the examples are made up (Ridgeline Insurance Agency is a made-up business). The steps, screens and wording come from the free lesson and the Stepthrough glossary and prompt library.

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Same Task, Four Assistants: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot. Give one real office task to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, check each answer on the facts, and pick the one to use at work. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot, it checks your work as you go, and “Do it for me” finishes any step you get stuck on. Free, and nothing touches your real accounts.

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