Add Nine to Slack Which should you choose?
This covers the current @ChatGPT assistant in Slack—not Slack search inside ChatGPT or the older sidebar app.
Choose ChatGPT in Slack if…
- You already use ChatGPT Business, Edu, or Enterprise.
- You want shared questions, drafts, and supported tool actions.
- You want Codex Cloud tasks from Slack.
Consider Nine if…
- You want retained context with company, team, and individual boundaries.
- You want tasks started by chat, schedules, or webhooks.
- You want Nine to check and improve methods without managing skills or models.
At a glance
| Decision | Nine Sources | ChatGPT in Slack |
|---|---|---|
| How you delegate | One AI coworker for team questions, tasks, and recurring work. No model selection or collection of agents to manage. | A shared assistant using a service account. Personal connections need separate authorisation.Sources: [1] [2] |
| Where you work | Slack signup is available. Microsoft Teams onboarding must be discussed with the founder. | Slack channels and DMs, plus Microsoft Teams.Sources: [1] |
| Work it can carry out | Research, writing, coding, and actions across connected tools, browsers, and computers, within approved access. | Questions, drafts, summaries, and tool actions. Codex Cloud tasks require enabled access and a configured coding environment.Sources: [1] [2] |
| Repeat work and context | Chat, schedules, and webhooks can start work. Nine checks and improves its methods using experience and feedback. No model training on your data. | No memory at launch, per the current guide. Personal memory, skills, and chat history do not automatically carry over. Confirm recurring-task support separately.Sources: [1] |
| Access and team boundaries | Admins set company, team, and individual access to context and connections. Team use does not automatically expose private conversations. | Uses connected-account permissions, not the requester's access automatically. Personal tools require approval. Channel restrictions do not restrict DMs.Sources: [1] [2] |
| Availability and pricing | Product pricing is not published. Confirm terms for your workload. Joining the separate waitlist does not provide product access. | Business, Edu, and Enterprise, with workspace credits. Usage is attributed to the service account or the authorising member. Spend controls apply.Sources: [2] |
Prices can change. Credits measure different amounts of work in each product.
The differences that matter
ChatGPT can take actions too
@ChatGPT joins team conversations, uses company tools, and performs supported actions. It can also start Codex Cloud tasks when configured.
If you already use ChatGPT, try the required action first. Check whether it returns a draft, changes a record, or prepares code—the result matters more than the shared chat interface.
Sources: [1] [2]Check what carries into the next task
OpenAI's guide says @ChatGPT has no memory at launch. Personal memories, skills, and chat history do not automatically carry over. Admins can set instructions.
Nine retains scoped context and checks methods before reuse. No model training on your data. Test separate requests, not just follow-ups within one thread, to see what must be explained again.
Sources: [1]Know which account is acting
@ChatGPT uses a service account—an account set up for the assistant. Sending a DM does not switch it to your personal account. Personal tools need separate approval; channel restrictions do not cover DMs.
Nine scopes context and connections by company, team, and individual. In either product, check who can read the result. A visible file link does not mean every teammate can open it.
Sources: [1] [2]Try a bug investigation
A suggested test: give both products the same approved inputs.
Investigate this bug in the approved repository. Prepare a fix, tests, and an explanation. Leave the change for review.
What to check
- Can it access the repository and run tests?
- Can a teammate continue the thread?
- On a later task, what must you explain again?
Sources
Based on the vendors' pages below, checked . This is a product comparison, not a hands-on benchmark or independent audit.
- OpenAI — using @ChatGPT in Slack and Microsoft Teams
Current organisation-level assistant guide, including service-account access, launch memory limits, and the earlier sidebar experience.
- OpenAI — setting up and managing @ChatGPT
Primary source for Business, Edu, and Enterprise eligibility, credits, spend caps, permissions, and Codex Cloud setup.
About Nine
Nine's examples are illustrative. Pricing is not published, and available actions depend on your connections and permissions. Better methods do not guarantee that every task improves or your total bill falls.
Something changed? Send a correction with a source. Competitors are welcome to contribute.