Comparisons
How Smalt AI
stacks up.
Honest reads on Smalt AI versus the assistants you're probably already using. Where each tool wins, where it falls short, and how to decide. No straw-man arguments — most teams will use a mix.
ChatGPT vs Smalt AI
OpenAI's general-purpose assistant vs the finance-purpose-built virtual employee.
Claude vs Smalt AI
Anthropic's Claude is the model under the hood. Here's when to use the chat directly vs the workflow on top.
Microsoft Copilot vs Smalt AI
Office Copilot is glue inside Word/Excel/Outlook. Smalt AI is the analyst that builds the deliverables.
Excel Copilot vs Smalt AI
In-cell AI for Excel users vs an AI that constructs the entire workbook from a one-line brief.
Perplexity vs Smalt AI
A research engine with citations vs a coworker that researches AND builds the resulting deliverable.
Cursor vs Smalt AI
Cursor is for code. Smalt AI is for the rest of knowledge work — Excel models, decks, sourced research, outbound. Same idea, different domain.