Claude Artifact vs. ChatGPT Canvas: What’s the Better Option?

ChatGPT Canvas can help you do numerous things, such as writing documents and generating code. But how does it compare to Claude Artifact? I tested both of these tools to see which is the better option.

1 Writing

After asking ChatGPT Canvas to write an article outlining a rye bread recipe, I had multiple editing options. I could choose the reading level, add emojis, and even change the sentence length. You can use the tool to highlight specific parts of a document that you’d like to edit.

While I much prefer Claude’s interface, Artifact was limited in helping me edit the article I wrote. I could write what I wanted to edit, but I didn’t have as many controls as ChatGPT Canvas. For this reason, I’m giving ChatGPT Canvas the win here.

Besides writing, you can do plenty of other things with ChatGPT. For example, you might want to use the tool for translating different languages.

Winner: ChatGPT Canvas

2 Generating Code

After trying out Claude Artifact and ChatGPT Canvas for writing, I next wanted to see how they performed with code. I wanted to make a simple script that someone could use in a website’s heading section. With ChatGPT Canvas, I could fix bugs, add logs and comments, and port to JavaScript, Python, and other programming languages.

When I ran the same experiment in Claude, I decided to make the code applicable to a specific programming language (in this case, JavaScript). While it was annoying that I had to select the whole text and enter a new prompt, the results were decent.

Still, I’m giving ChatGPT Canvas the win here because it’s much easier to customize.

Winner: ChatGPT Canvas

3 Solving Math Problems

Math is neither my strong point nor something I’m remotely interested in, so I thought it would be good to test Claude Artifact and ChatGPT Canvas to see if they could help me. I asked both of them for average and median salaries (I made these all up). ChatGPT gave me the answer in a canvas, but I could only use the same editing tools that are possible for writing.

Claude, on the other hand, was much better at explaining; it even went into designing graphs. On the balance of things, Claude has to get the point here.

Winner: Claude Artifact

4 Designing Graphs and Charts

For my final test, I wanted Claude Artifact and ChatGPT to design some graphs. I asked them both to create graphs from the salary information I previously fed to them. ChatGPT Canvas did so within around a minute, and it was quite simple.

However, I encountered problems with Claude Artifact. The software crashed and then told me I had run out of free messages. I’m sure my experiences would have differed if I used a paid plan, but Claude Artifact failed to meet my needs. As a result, I’m giving ChatGPT another point here.

If you didn’t like how either tool performed when trying them, you could always create charts using Power BI.

Winner: ChatGPT Canvas

Although ChatGPT Canvas comfortably won this comparison, I still think Claude Artifact has potential. It did quite well when I asked it to improve specific aspects, even more so than ChatGPT has done in the past. However, only having a certain number of free messages was quite annoying.

I still recommend trying both tools, but ChatGPT is by far the better choice for writing and coding in particular.