I’ll Be Honest With You
When I first started using AI tools in my personal life and for business, I didn’t think too hard about which one to use. ChatGPT was everywhere. Everyone was talking about it. So I signed up, started using it, and got on with the work.
And for a while, it was fine. Great actually. Fast answers. Decent writing. Overall, a useful tool to have around.
But over time, three things started to bother me. Not in a dramatic way, more like the slow drip of a tap you keep meaning to fix:
The more I paid attention to them, the harder they were to ignore.
The Three Reasons I Switched
Privacy & Data Concerns
This one kept me up at night. When you use an AI tool for business, you’re often typing in real information, such as project notes, business ideas, financial context. I had to ask myself: where does that information go?
OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) has faced ongoing scrutiny about how user data is handled and used to train future models. For me, as someone who works with individuals, small businesses and charities, that’s not a small thing. Many of my clients are community organisations that hold sensitive information about the people they serve.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has taken a more transparent approach to data privacy from the start.
They’ve built Claude with clear policies around how data is used and have been more conservative about using conversations to train their models.
That matters to me. And it should matter to you too.
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More Accurate & Reliable Answers
Here’s the thing about confidence: it’s only useful if it’s backed up by something real. ChatGPT could be very confident and quite wrong at the same time. I’d ask it a question, get a detailed answer, and whilst reviewing the output realise something important was off.
Think of it like getting directions from someone who gives you a very firm, very clear answer, and sends you to the wrong street. The confidence made it worse, not better.
Claude feels different.
t’s more likely to say “I’m not certain about this” when it isn’t. It flags gaps. It’s more careful. That honesty makes it far more useful in practice.
That honesty makes it far more useful in practice.
Far Better Value for the Cost
Running a small business means watching every outgoing. I believe in the same thing for my clients, which is why I always recommend free tools first and paid upgrades only when they’re genuinely worth it.
Claude’s free tier is pretty generous. More so than ChatGPT’s in my experience. You get access to a highly capable version of Claude without needing a paid plan to do meaningful work. And when you do upgrade, the pricing feels fair for what you get.
For individuals, small businesses and not-for-profits working on tight budgets, that’s not a small thing.
Good tools shouldn’t only be available to people with big budgets.
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What This Means for You
You might be wondering why I’m telling you all this. Here’s the simple answer: I believe in being open about how I work. The tools I use shape the quality of what I deliver.
When I write website copy for you, help you think through your digital strategy, or explain something complicated in plain English, Claude is now part of that process.
That means you’re getting content that’s been thought through more carefully. Writing that’s been checked more honestly. Guidance that’s been held to a higher standard of accuracy.
And if you use it yourself, you get these three assurances.
For charities and not-for-profits in particular: your website is often the first place someone lands when they need help. The words there need to be accurate, trustworthy, and human. Using a more careful, privacy-conscious AI tool is one small way I make sure that standard is met.
Should You Try Claude AI Yourself?
If you’ve been curious about using AI to help with your own business or organisation, Claude is a great place to start. It’s free to try at claude.ai.
You can use it to help draft emails, brainstorm content ideas, write website copy, or just explain something you’re unsure about. It must not replace your judgment, but it can give you a genuinely useful thinking partner when you need one.
And if you want help figuring out how to use tools like this as part of building a stronger digital presence — that’s exactly what I’m here for.
Check out my ebook Building Your Digital Presence: A Complete Guide To Creating and Managing Your Website for more info on how to get started.
The Bottom Line
Switching from ChatGPT to Claude wasn’t a sudden decision. It was the result of paying attention to privacy questions I couldn’t ignore, to accuracy gaps that kept showing up, and to the cost of tools in a world where budgets are always under pressure.
I made the switch because it was the right call for the way I want to work. And I wanted you to know about it because transparency is part of how I build trust with every client I work with.
If you have questions about any of this, or want to talk through how AI tools could help your own website or organisation, I’d love to hear from you.
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