Key takeaways
- ChatGPT is a general assistant for almost any task; Pebbles Ai is a workspace built for sales and marketing work.
- ChatGPT offers a free plan, many plan options and an app ecosystem built on MCP with admin controls.
- Pebbles Ai assistants write from Company Intel, so your business context does not have to be pasted into every chat.
- Pebbles Ai keeps leads, a CRM labelled Beta, Gmail and Outlook mail and social chats in the same place as the assistants.
- There is nothing to migrate from ChatGPT, so the two can run side by side.
What is each product built for
ChatGPT is built to help with almost any task, while Pebbles Ai is built for the work of winning customers. ChatGPT helps with writing, research and analysis across many kinds of work. Pebbles Ai is a go-to-market operating system: one workspace that brings a company's knowledge, AI assistants and go-to-market tools together.
The practical difference shows up in what sits around the chat. In ChatGPT, you supply the context, the list and the destination for the output. In Pebbles Ai, the assistants already hold your company knowledge and brand voice, can find leads into a CRM, and save outreach as drafts in your own mailbox.
Where is ChatGPT stronger
ChatGPT is stronger on breadth: it handles writing, analysis and research well beyond sales and marketing, and it comes with a free plan and a wide range of individual and organisation plans. If half your team's AI use is outside go-to-market work, that breadth matters.
It also has an app ecosystem. Apps connect ChatGPT to services such as Google Drive and Slack through MCP, admins decide who can use each app and whether it may only read or also change data, and developers can add their own MCP server as a plugin.
- A general-purpose assistant for almost any task.
- An MCP-based app and plugin ecosystem with read and write controls for admins.
- A free plan and many paid plans for individuals and organisations.
- SAML SSO and MFA on Business, and SCIM on Enterprise, per OpenAI's own documentation.
Where does Pebbles Ai work differently
Pebbles Ai works from your company first. Company Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice, built from your website, files and pasted text, so every draft starts from what you sell and how you say it. Your memory, Project memory and Company memory carry short facts between chats.
Take an illustrative company, a small analytics firm selling to logistics businesses. In a general assistant, a seller pastes the product summary, a target list and the tone guide into each chat, then copies drafts into email. In Pebbles Ai, the seller asks for leads at ten named logistics companies by role and location, the leads land as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, and the assistant writes outreach that is saved as drafts in the seller's Gmail or Outlook.
- Find fresh leads: people at 1 to 10 named companies by role and location, 1 to 100 a run, with a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
- A built-in CRM, labelled Beta, with deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes.
- Smartbox for Gmail and Outlook, with more than one inbox per provider and Write with AI in Fast, Balanced and Comprehensive modes.
- Auto, Plan and Manual modes; the web app starts in Manual, where actions wait for your approval.
Which should your team choose
Choose ChatGPT when you need one assistant for a wide spread of work and your sales process already has its own CRM, lead source and sending tools. Choose Pebbles Ai when the bottleneck is the go-to-market work itself: researching accounts, finding the right people, keeping records and writing outreach in a consistent voice.
The two are not exclusive. One workable split is ChatGPT for general drafting and analysis, and Pebbles Ai for the sales and marketing tasks that need company knowledge, leads, a CRM and the inbox in one place.
What should you check before switching
Check where your outreach will live, because Pebbles Ai saves emails as drafts in a connected Gmail or Outlook mailbox and drafts LinkedIn messages for you to send yourself. There is nothing to migrate from ChatGPT, so the real work is connecting your mailbox and building Company Intel from your website and files.
- Connect Gmail or Outlook first; outreach drafts need a connected mailbox.
- Decide which execution mode each person uses before the assistants act on their behalf.
- Confirm the security marks you need: CASA II and Microsoft 365 are held, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are pending, with a Q2 2027 target.
- Compare plans on the pricing page; Pebbles Ai is priced per seat.
Pebbles Ai and ChatGPT side by side
How each product handles the jobs a sales and marketing team asks of an AI assistant.
| Pebbles Ai | ChatGPT | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | A workspace of AI assistants for research, leads, outreach drafting, CRM and inboxes. | A general AI assistant for writing, research and analysis. |
| Company context and memory | Company Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice; Your memory, Project memory and Company memory carry context between chats. | Projects keep tasks and files together, and saved memories follow their own controls. |
| Finding prospects | Describe your ideal customer and the assistant finds companies, up to 50 a search; Find fresh leads finds people at 1 to 10 named companies. | See their site |
| CRM | Built-in CRM, labelled Beta: deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes. | See their site |
| Outreach and inboxes | Email and LinkedIn campaigns written up to seven touches, emails saved as drafts in Gmail or Outlook; Smartbox and Socialbox inboxes. | See their site |
| AI control | Auto, Plan and Manual modes; the web app starts in Manual, where actions wait for approval. | Admins choose who can use each app and whether it may read or also change data in the connected service. |
| Integrations | Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack, Notion and MCP catalogue servers; API keys on Team and above. | Apps built on MCP, such as Google Drive and Slack, plus custom MCP servers as plugins. |
| Security and training | CASA II and Microsoft 365 held; GDPR compliant; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 pending; no customer data trains a model. | Business lists SAML SSO, MFA and no training on business data by default; Enterprise adds SCIM, EKM and residency controls. |
Checked 2 November 2026 on each vendor's public pages. "See their site" means the pages we checked do not cover the point, not that the product lacks it.
About ChatGPT
General AI assistant
OpenAI's general AI assistant for writing, research and analysis, with projects, memory and apps that connect to outside services, sold from a free tier up to business and enterprise workspaces.
Best for: People and teams who want one general-purpose assistant for many kinds of work, from drafting to analysis, and are happy to supply their own company context and connect their own tools.
What its own pages say
- Plans listed as Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise and Edu. Source: ChatGPT
- The Business plan offers a dedicated workspace with SAML SSO and MFA, and states no training on business data by default; Enterprise and Edu add SCIM, EKM, domain verification and retention and residency controls. Source: ChatGPT
- Apps let ChatGPT work with tools and information in services such as Google Drive or Slack, connected through MCP; admins choose who can use each app and whether it may read or also change information in the connected service. Source: ChatGPT
- Developers can connect a custom MCP server to ChatGPT as a plugin with read and write tools, and start published workspace agents from backend systems. Source: ChatGPT
- The work overview says project files stay with the project until it is deleted, and saved memories, when enabled, follow their own controls. Source: ChatGPT
- Free, Go, Plus and Pro for individuals; Business and Enterprise and Edu for organisations. Source: ChatGPT
Where ChatGPT is stronger
- A general-purpose assistant for almost any task, well beyond sales and marketing.
- An app and plugin ecosystem built on MCP, with admin controls over read and write actions in connected services.
- A free plan, and paid plans for individuals and for organisations.
- Business and Enterprise workspaces list SAML SSO, MFA and SCIM, per OpenAI's own documentation.
Where Pebbles Ai differs
- Company Intel holds business knowledge and brand voice built from your website, files and pasted text, and the assistants write from it, so sales context does not have to be pasted into each chat.
- Finds fresh leads inside 1 to 10 named target companies by role and location, 1 to 100 per run, landing as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
- A built-in CRM, labelled Beta, with deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes, in the same workspace as the assistants.
- Smartbox works across Gmail and Outlook, with more than one inbox per provider, and Write with AI in Fast, Balanced and Comprehensive modes that use the thread and your brand voice.
- Marketing and Strategy assistants plus the Guider, with Auto, Plan and Manual execution modes; the web app starts in Manual, where actions wait for your approval.
Before you switch
- Nothing to migrate.
- Many teams keep a general assistant for broad work and use Pebbles Ai for sales and marketing tasks that need company knowledge, leads, a CRM and the inbox in one place.
We make Pebbles Ai. Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on .
Where Pebbles Ai fits
- FoundationCompany IntelCompany Intel builds your business knowledge and brand voice from your website, company information, files and pasted text, and every assistant writes from it.
- CapabilityProspecting & customer recordsFind fresh leads searches up to ten named companies by role and location and lands each lead as a contact in the CRM, labelled Beta.
- CapabilityAI workspaceThe Marketing and Strategy assistants work in Auto, Plan or Manual mode; the web app starts in Manual, where outside actions wait for your approval.
Common questions
Can I use ChatGPT and Pebbles Ai together?
Yes. There is nothing to migrate, so a team can keep a general assistant for broad work and use Pebbles Ai for sales and marketing tasks that need company knowledge, leads, a CRM and the inbox together.
Does Pebbles Ai have a free plan like ChatGPT?
No. Pebbles Ai has no free plan; Pro and Team start with a 1-month free trial. It is priced per seat across Pro, Team, Organisation and Enterprise, all on the pricing page.
Is my company data used to train AI models in Pebbles Ai?
No. Your company information is never used to train an AI model. Each business works in its own secured tenant, with its own data, memory and assistants.
Does Pebbles Ai send emails without asking?
It depends on the mode. Outreach emails are saved as drafts in your connected Gmail or Outlook mailbox, template sends to a CRM segment always ask for approval, and other outside actions follow your mode: Manual waits for approval, Plan queues, Auto runs.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
