Claude Artifacts vs ChatGPT Sites vs DocPin
Short answer: they do different jobs. Claude Artifacts are best for sharing work with people who use Claude. ChatGPT Sites builds and hosts full websites and small apps on ChatGPT's paid plans. DocPin is for pages you send to people outside: it puts what Claude or ChatGPT made on your own link, lets you keep it to one client's company without them needing an AI account, and shows who opened it.
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| You want… | Claude Artifacts | ChatGPT Sites | DocPin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Working with people who use Claude | Websites, apps and internal tools | Pages you send people: proposals, reports, dashboards |
| Plan you need | Any Claude plan makes artifacts; link sharing is documented for Pro and above | ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise | Free for 3 pages; Pro is $8 a month |
| What the link looks like | claude.ai/artifact/ plus a long random ID | A chatgpt.site address with a random ID, or your username | yourname.docpin.it/proposal |
| Your own domain | No | Where available for your account | Yes Pro, like docs.acme.com |
| What outside viewers see | A warning “Content is user-generated and unverified.” instead of your name | Not in OpenAI's help pages | Just your page, with a small DocPin badge |
| Keep it to one client | With a Claude sign-in Invite by email, up to 50 outside people per artifact | With a ChatGPT sign-in Outside invitees are view only | Yes Pro: their emails or their whole @company.com, confirmed with Google or an emailed link. No account needed |
| Password protection | No | Not in OpenAI's help pages | Yes Pro |
| Update it, same link | Yes New artifacts publish each revision at the same address | Yes Save and restore versions; restoring brings back the code, not the database | Yes Every plan, and every earlier version is kept |
| See who opened it | No Not in Claude's help pages | Traffic totals Usage per Site from 1 December 2026, not who | Yes View counts on every plan; names of signed-in viewers on Pro |
| Live data | Pro and above Artifacts can store up to 20 MB and use each person's connected apps | Yes A database up to 10 GB, and scheduled updates where automations are available | Yes A JSON store per page; push new numbers from a schedule, a script or a chat |
| Full apps with logins | Pro and above Viewers sign in with their own Claude account | Yes | No Static pages only |
| Comments | Yes For people you share with | Not in OpenAI's help pages | Coming soon |
| Works from other AI tools | No Claude only | No ChatGPT only | Yes Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP tools, plus file upload, a CLI and an API |
| Cost | Included in your Claude plan | Your ChatGPT plan; building counts toward Codex usage, and hosting is metered from 1 January 2027 | Free for 3 pages and one teammate; Pro $8 a month, then $4 per extra teammate |
From Claude's and OpenAI's help pages, checked 9 November 2026. Plans and features change, so the sources are at the bottom of this page. Prices in US dollars.
Choose Claude Artifacts if…
- The people opening it use Claude, like your own team on a Team or Enterprise plan.
- You want them to comment or edit it with you.
- It's an interactive tool that should use each viewer's own Claude or connected apps.
More in Claude Artifacts, explained and what “Publish artifact” means.
Choose ChatGPT Sites if…
- You're building a full website or app, with several pages, logins or a database.
- It's an internal tool for people in your ChatGPT workspace.
- You're on Plus or above and happy with metered hosting from 2027.
More in Can ChatGPT build a website?
Choose DocPin if…
- You're sending one page to a client or customer: a proposal, a report, a roadmap, a dashboard.
- The link should look like yours, not claude.ai or chatgpt.site.
- Only their company should be able to open it, and they shouldn't need a Claude or ChatGPT account.
- You want to update it behind the same link and see when it's read.
- You use more than one AI, or have HTML files from elsewhere.
Use them together
DocPin isn't a replacement for either. Make the page in Claude or ChatGPT as usual, then publish it to DocPin from the same chat. Connect DocPin once, and the chat looks like this:
Say “update it” later and the link stays the same. Setup takes about a minute: DocPin for Claude, DocPin for ChatGPT, or drop in an HTML file.
What about ChatGPT Canvas?
Canvas was ChatGPT's side panel for editing writing and code, and the closest thing it had to Claude Artifacts. OpenAI removed it from ChatGPT's default models on 28 May 2026. Editable blocks inside the reply replaced it, and ChatGPT Sites now covers hosting. See What happened to ChatGPT Canvas?
Other options
If you only need a file online, a plain host may do. We compare them in Free HTML hosting: 8 options compared and Tiiny Host vs DocPin.
Questions people ask
What's the difference between Claude Artifacts and ChatGPT Sites?
Claude Artifacts are pages and tools Claude makes beside the chat, shared mainly with other Claude users. ChatGPT Sites builds and hosts full websites and small apps at a chatgpt.site address, on ChatGPT Plus and above. Both keep your work inside their own product.
Is ChatGPT Sites free?
No. Sites needs ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. Building a Site counts toward Codex usage, and hosting is metered separately, free through 31 December 2026 with billing from 1 January 2027.
Can people without Claude or ChatGPT open what I share?
Public links open for anyone on both. If you limit a page to particular people, Claude and ChatGPT ask them to sign in with an account. DocPin can limit a page to a client's email or company and confirms them with Google or an emailed link, so they don't need an AI account.
Can I use my own domain?
Not with Claude Artifacts. ChatGPT Sites supports custom domains where they're available for your account. DocPin Pro serves every page from your own domain, like docs.yourcompany.com.
Is DocPin a Claude Artifacts alternative?
It's a companion more than an alternative. You still make the page in Claude or ChatGPT; DocPin publishes it to your own link, controls who can open it, keeps every version and shows who opened it.
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Start freeSources, checked 9 November 2026:
- Claude Help Center: Share artifacts
- Claude Help Center: What are artifacts and how do I use them?
- OpenAI Help Center: Creating and using ChatGPT Sites
- ChatGPT Learn: Sites
- OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT release notes, 28 May 2026
- DocPin: Pricing