ADoor vs ChatGPT Projects
ChatGPT Projects keep related chats, files and instructions together, and a shared project lets a group work from the same context. ADoor, your data account, keeps your records outside the chat. ChatGPT connects to ADoor, and so can Claude, Grok, Cursor, your apps, scripts and team, each with its own access, so you stop pasting the same context into every assistant.
Where ADoor stands out
Records you can count
In ADoor, "add a renewal date to every deal" changes the Deals list itself, and you can count, filter and export it later. A project holds chats and up to 40 files, which ChatGPT uses as context for its answers.
Access to a field, or to matching entries
Members of a shared project get chat or edit access, and every member can view and download the project's files. In ADoor your team can work in the Deals list while the Notes field stays yours, and a script can get one field.
Used outside ChatGPT
Claude, Grok and Cursor connect to the same records, apps use the ADoor API, and GitHub Actions jobs sign in with short-lived access. Project memory stays in ChatGPT, and you can't see it as a list.
The products
What ChatGPT Projects keep
Projects group chats, files and instructions, and can be shared with others.
- Sharing
- Chat or edit access per member. 5 collaborators on Free, 10 on Plus, 100 on Pro and workspaces.
- Files
- 5 per project on Free, 25 on Plus and Go, 40 on Pro, Business and Enterprise
- Memory
- Shared projects use project-only memory, and can't see members' personal memories
- Price
- Included with every qualifying ChatGPT plan
- History
- Chats show who started them
ADoor
ADoor is your data account. You keep lists and tables in a workspace you own, personal or team: a reading list, an incident log, a list of customers. Describe what you want to keep track of and it's set up for you, with real Postgres underneath. Every person, app, assistant, device and job gets its own access.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with a sign-in.
- Apps and scripts
- An HTTP API with keys, running the same actions assistants use
- Access
- Per space, list or field, or just the entries where a field equals a value you choose. Reading, adding, editing and deleting entries, and changing a list's fields, are separate permissions. An assistant never gets more than the person who connected it.
- Approvals
- Agents ask for more access and you approve or deny. A new device signs in only after you approve it and choose its access.
- CI jobs
- GitHub Actions signs in with short-lived access, 15 minutes by default and up to 30 days, with no stored secret.
- Revoking
- Takes effect on the next request. What was already saved stays.
- History
- A history of changes, with who made each one and the before and after
- Underneath
- Standard Postgres
- Plans
- Free for 3 tables and 100 rows. Pro is $10 a month per workspace, with 1 GB of storage.
Pricing
| Topic | ADoor | ChatGPT Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 3 tables and 100 rows, with a few MB of storage | Projects are in every plan, including Free |
| Paid plans | Pro: $10 a month per workspace, 1 GB of storage, no per-GB charges | Go, Plus, Pro and Business, priced per user a month |
Latency
| Topic | ADoor | ChatGPT Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Published figure | Not published | Not published |
Connectors and API
| Topic | ADoor | ChatGPT Projects |
|---|---|---|
| MCP server | Hosted, with OAuth sign-in. ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor. | None for project data. ChatGPT connects to other MCP servers. |
| HTTP API | HTTP API with keys: read, add, edit, delete, and change lists and fields | None for project data |
| SQL access | Standard Postgres SQL through MCP and the API, within your access | No |
| Access per agent | Its own access per assistant, app, device and job, down to specific fields, or just the entries that match a value you choose | Members can chat or edit a shared project |
| OAuth or tokens | OAuth for assistants, keys for apps, short-lived sign-in for GitHub Actions | Not applicable |
| SDKs | Coming soon | None for projects |
| Webhooks | No | Not published |
| Import and export | Export to CSV or JSON. Import by attaching CSV or JSON in an assistant. | Upload files. Export chat history as a ZIP, except on Business and Enterprise. |
ADoor has no sync connectors and no file storage.
Which one should you use?
Use ChatGPT Projects when
you're writing, researching or planning, and the context is chats and documents.
- Nothing else to set up. Projects come with ChatGPT.
- Files and chats together. Upload notes and contracts, and branch a teammate's chat.
- Consistent instructions. Project instructions keep tone and style the same across a group.
Use ADoor when
what ChatGPT works with should also be there for your apps, your team and other assistants, as entries with their own access.
Technical
- ChatGPT adds leads during the day, and your production service reads the same entries through the API with a read-only key.
- A CI job writes test results that ChatGPT summarizes the next morning. The job signs in for 15 minutes with no stored secret.
Personal
- A job search you run with ChatGPT and finish in Claude. Every application, contact and next step is in one place, whichever assistant you use.
- Your car's service history, mileage and next inspection date. Your partner sees the list too, with nothing else of yours.
- A side-project log you update from ChatGPT on your phone. You decide who sees it, and each assistant you connect gets only that list.
Team
- An incident log across teams that ChatGPT, Claude and the on-call bot all read and write, each with its own access.
- A history of changes, with who made each one, person or assistant, and the before and after.
Business
- A side-project roadmap you update from ChatGPT, that a Cursor agent reads while it works, with the Revenue field visible only to you.
- When someone leaves, you revoke their access, and the entries they made stay with the company.
Claude Projects vs ChatGPT Projects: where does the data live?
Both keep their data inside one assistant. A Claude project's files, instructions and chats live in Claude, and a ChatGPT project's live in ChatGPT. Neither can read the other, so moving between them means copying files and re-explaining the context.
ADoor keeps the lists and tables in your own account. Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Cursor connect to the same space over MCP, so the data travels with you from one assistant to the next. See how to connect ChatGPT and Claude to the same data.
Questions people ask
Can ChatGPT Projects be shared?
Yes. A shared project lets a group work from the same chats, files and instructions, and members get chat or edit access. The project stays inside ChatGPT, so Claude or Cursor can't read it.
Can Claude use what I told ChatGPT?
Not on its own. ChatGPT's memory and projects stay in ChatGPT. What ChatGPT writes to your ADoor space, Claude can read and update.
Does ADoor work inside ChatGPT?
Yes. Add ADoor as a custom MCP server in ChatGPT on the web, sign in, and choose the space it can reach. Then type @ and choose ADoor in a chat.
Can I use ADoor from a project?
ChatGPT lets you use connected apps in project chats.
Do other assistants see the same records?
Yes. Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with the same sign-in, and each sees only what you give it.
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Checked October 20, 2026. Sources: Projects in ChatGPT, ChatGPT pricing, Exporting ChatGPT data.