# Cloche vs ChatGPT Sites

ChatGPT Sites hosts what you make in ChatGPT, and the site itself has to decide who sees what. With Cloche, your own AI builds the app, and Cloche decides who sees what.

Checked 2026-10-04. https://cloche.dev/vs/chatgpt-sites/

## Choose Cloche if

- You build in Claude, Gemini, Cursor or ChatGPT and want to keep that choice [3].
- You want to share an app on a free plan [2].
- You never want your app's own code to be the only thing between a person and someone else's data [3].

## Choose ChatGPT Sites if

- You already pay for ChatGPT and build there [1].
- Your app needs server code, a database and file storage today [1].
- Your team works in one ChatGPT workspace and each member should see their own connected data on a private site [1].

## Compared

| | Cloche | ChatGPT Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Where you build | Your own AI: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor [3] | Sites are created, deployed and managed in ChatGPT [1] |
| Who can open the app | You choose, on every plan [2] | You choose, on Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu [1] |
| What each person sees | Cloche enforces it. Your app's code never decides [3] | Your site's code decides, from the signed-in visitor's email [1] |
| Sharing outside your team | A link that needs no account, or invites by name [2] | Named viewers who sign in and cannot use connected data, or public [1] |
| Keep building elsewhere | Pick it up again in any AI connected to Cloche [3] | No data export is documented [1] |
| Pricing | Free for 3 apps with unlimited users. Team is $29 a month [2] | Included in paid ChatGPT plans, within usage limits [1] |

## The platform decides who sees what

On Cloche, a list is either shared or each person's own, and the platform enforces it. The code your AI wrote never decides who sees a row [3].

On ChatGPT Sites, the site receives a visitor's email after they sign in. OpenAI's docs say to keep authorization decisions in your site's server code [1].

## Safe sharing on every plan

Cloche's Free plan lets you choose who opens each app. Users are unlimited [2].

ChatGPT Sites needs Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu. People you invite from outside your workspace can open and use the site. Connected data needs workspace membership, so they don't get it [1].

## Your AI does the building

With Cloche, the AI you already use writes the app and publishes it. That can be Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor [3].

ChatGPT Sites are created, deployed and managed in ChatGPT [1].

## When ChatGPT Sites is the better choice

Pick ChatGPT Sites if you already pay for ChatGPT and build there. A site runs server code with a database and file storage [1]. On a site private to your workspace, each member can see their own connected data [1].

## Questions

### Can I build a ChatGPT Site with Claude or Cursor?

You can write the code anywhere. Creating, deploying and managing the site happens in ChatGPT [1].

### Can I build a ChatGPT Site on the free plan?

No. Sites need Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu [1].

### Can I share a ChatGPT Site with someone outside my workspace?

Yes, as a named viewer. They can open and use the site. They cannot edit it, and connected data needs workspace membership [1].

### Does each visitor only see their own data on a ChatGPT Site?

Only if your site's code makes sure of it. The site receives a visitor's email after they sign in, and OpenAI says to keep authorization in server code [1].

## Sources

1. [ChatGPT Learn: Sites](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/sites) - seen 2026-10-04
2. [Cloche pricing](https://cloche.dev/pricing/) - seen 2026-10-04
3. [Cloche for AI agents](https://cloche.dev/llms.txt) - seen 2026-10-04