An honest comparison
Let's start with what ChatGPT does well. It is a remarkable tool: strong reasoning, high-quality text generation, broad contextual understanding. For personal use or tasks not involving sensitive data, it is hard to beat.
But "remarkable" and "fit for Swiss professional context" are two different things.
The real question: what are you processing?
If you use an AI assistant only for generic tasks — reformulating an email, generating ideas, translating text without sensitive content — ChatGPT is a perfectly valid and economical choice.
The question changes as soon as you process:
- Identifiable client data
- Confidential financial information
- Medical records or patient communications
- Information covered by professional secrecy
- HR data (evaluations, compensation, health data)
- Any content subject to sector-specific regulatory obligations
The training question
A frequently misunderstood point: even when you disable the "improve models" option in ChatGPT, OpenAI retains rights over your data under its Terms of Service for other purposes.
With Nectos, the commitment is contractual and absolute: your data is never used to train, fine-tune, or evaluate any AI model. This is written into the DPA that your legal team can validate.
Summary
| ChatGPT | Nectos | |
|---|---|---|
| AI capability | Excellent | Equivalent |
| Data location | US / EU | 100% Switzerland |
| Applicable law | US law | Swiss law |
| CLOUD Act | Applicable | Not applicable |
| Zero training guarantee | Settings-based | Contractual |
| nDSG compliance | Not certified | By design |
| Audit trail | Enterprise only | Team & Enterprise |
| Shared knowledge bases | Enterprise only | Team & Enterprise |
ChatGPT is excellent for what it is. Nectos is designed for what Swiss professionals need.