Comparison

ChatGPT Enterprise vs. Zine: Why File Uploads Aren't Enough for Teams

Kirk Marple
Kirk Marple
November 13, 2025
Comparison

ChatGPT Enterprise has become many teams' first attempt at company-wide AI: upload your documentation, get smart answers, call it a day. And for the first week, it feels like magic—GPT-4 knows your docs and gives thoughtful responses.

Then reality hits: Your docs are already outdated. The API changed last week. The pricing model shifted. That Slack discussion about the new architecture? Not in ChatGPT. The GitHub PR that fixed the bug? Not in ChatGPT. The email thread with the customer objection handling? Not in ChatGPT.

You have to manually re-upload everything. Every time anything changes. Which is daily.

If you're choosing between ChatGPT Enterprise/Projects and Zine, you need to understand where manual file uploads break down — and why teams need automated connectors, live sync, and model flexibility that ChatGPT's GPT-only, upload-based approach can't match.


Table of Contents

  1. TL;DR — Quick Feature Comparison
  2. Understanding the Platforms
  3. The Core Difference: Manual Uploads vs. Automated Connectors
  4. The Stale Context Problem
  5. Data Sources: File Uploads vs. Live Connectors
  6. Model Lock-In: GPT-Only vs. Multi-Model Freedom
  7. Knowledge Persistence: Session-Based vs. Continuous Memory
  8. Search Capabilities: Projects vs. Unified Search
  9. Developer Integration: Limited vs. MCP Protocol
  10. Team Collaboration Features
  11. Use Cases: When to Choose Each
  12. Pricing and Plans
  13. Final Verdict

TL;DR — Quick Feature Comparison

FeatureChatGPT Enterprise/ProjectsZine
TypeAI assistant with file uploads and company knowledge (OpenAI product)Agentic information orchestrator with live connectors
Data IngestionManual file uploads (40 files per project max), cloud connector syncing30+ automated connectors with hourly/daily auto-sync
Live Sync❌ No - must manually re-upload when files change (unless using connectors)✅ Yes - automatic sync from all sources (Slack, GitHub, Gmail, etc.)
Data SourcesFile uploads + Google Drive/SharePoint/OneDrive syncing (Enterprise only)Slack, GitHub, Gmail, Drive, Jira, Notion, calendar, meetings, CRM, and 30+ more
Slack Integration❌ No Slack connector✅ Full Slack search across all channels, threads, files
GitHub Integration❌ No GitHub connector✅ GitHub repos, issues, PRs, commits with Dev Mode
Email Integration❌ No email connector✅ Gmail, Outlook - full search and context
Model Flexibility❌ GPT-only (GPT-4, GPT-4o, o1, o3 - all OpenAI models)✅ Multi-model: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, custom models
Memory TypeSession-based (per conversation) + project memory (uploaded files)Persistent knowledge graph across all conversations and tools
File Limit40 files per project (Enterprise/Pro), 25 files (Plus)Unlimited (Professional/Max plans)
Knowledge Graph❌ No entity extraction or relationship modeling✅ Automatic entity extraction, knowledge graphs, relationship mapping
Developer ToolsAPI access, but no MCP, limited integrations✅ MCP server (use in Cursor, VS Code), MCP client (connect external tools)
Search ScopeWithin uploaded project files onlyAcross all connected tools (Slack + GitHub + email + Drive + meetings + docs)
PricingEnterprise: $60/user/month (annual), Pro: $200/month (individual)Free tier (100 credits), Personal $49/mo, Professional $149/mo, Max $499/mo

Understanding the Platforms

What is ChatGPT Enterprise?

ChatGPT Enterprise is OpenAI's business offering, launched in 2023 and expanded throughout 2024-2025. It provides:

Key Features:

  1. Unlimited GPT-4/GPT-4o/o1/o3 access for all users
  2. Projects: Organize conversations with custom instructions and file uploads (40 files per project)
  3. Cloud connectors: Sync files from Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive (Enterprise only)
  4. Company Knowledge: ChatGPT can search connected tools (Slack, Google Drive, etc.) when enabled by admins
  5. Data controls: Your data isn't used for training OpenAI's models
  6. Admin dashboard: User management, analytics, usage insights
  7. Longer context windows: Up to 128,000 tokens (o1 models)
  8. API access: Programmatic access to ChatGPT capabilities

2025 Updates:

  • MCP Connector Development: Organizations can build Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors
  • Synced Connectors: New connectors for Aha!, Asana, GitLab Issues
  • Company Knowledge feature: Leverage context from connected tools with citations

Pricing:

  • ChatGPT Plus: $20/month (individual, 25 files per project)
  • ChatGPT Pro: $200/month (individual, 40 files per project, unlimited o1 access)
  • ChatGPT Enterprise: $60/user/month annual (custom pricing for large teams)

The Promise: Give GPT access to your company docs, get smarter answers.

The Reality: You're constantly uploading files and managing what's in each project.

What is Zine?

Zine is an agentic information orchestrator that connects to your live tools—not just uploaded files.

Zine provides:

  • 30+ live data connectors: Slack, GitHub, Gmail, Drive, Jira, Notion, calendar, meetings, CRM, and more
  • Automated synchronization: Hourly/daily auto-sync (no manual re-uploads)
  • Knowledge graphs: Entity extraction, relationship modeling, visual connections
  • MCP integration: Both server (share with Cursor, VS Code) and client (connect Sentry, other tools)
  • Multi-model support: Use GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, or custom models per conversation
  • Persistent memory: Unified knowledge across all conversations and team members
  • Team collaboration: Shared workspaces, saved views, collective intelligence

Where ChatGPT Enterprise is GPT with file uploads, Zine is a live knowledge platform.


The Core Difference: Manual Uploads vs. Automated Connectors

ChatGPT Enterprise's approach: Upload files to Projects, chat with GPT about them.

Zine's approach: Connect tools once, auto-sync forever, search everything.

The Upload Workflow (ChatGPT Enterprise)

  1. Create a Project: "API Documentation"
  2. Upload files: api-spec-v1.pdf, authentication-guide.docx, rate-limiting.md (up to 40 files)
  3. Set custom instructions: "You're an API expert helping developers"
  4. Chat: "How does OAuth work in our API?"
  5. GPT answers based on uploaded files

A week later: API v2 ships with breaking changes. You need to:

  • Export new documentation
  • Delete old files from Project
  • Upload new files
  • Hope you didn't miss anything

Every. Single. Time. Something. Changes.

The Connected Workflow (Zine)

  1. Connect tools (one-time OAuth): Slack, GitHub, Notion, Gmail
  2. Zine ingests everything: API docs (Notion), code (GitHub), discussions (Slack), support emails (Gmail)
  3. Zine auto-syncs: Every hour, Zine checks for new/changed content
  4. Chat: "How does OAuth work in our API?"
  5. Zine answers with:
    • Notion API spec (updated yesterday)
    • GitHub PR #567 implementing OAuth2 (merged last week)
    • Slack #engineering OAuth discussion (3 months ago)
    • Customer email asking about SSO (this morning)

A week later: API v2 ships. You do nothing. Zine auto-syncs the updated Notion doc, new GitHub commits, Slack discussions. Your knowledge stays current.

💡 Key Point: ChatGPT Enterprise makes you the orchestrator (manually managing uploads). Zine automates orchestration.


The Stale Context Problem

This is the biggest failure mode of file-based RAG systems:

Real Failure Scenario #1: Stale API Docs

Setup:

  • Your team uploads API documentation to ChatGPT Enterprise
  • Developers use it to answer questions
  • Documentation includes 20 endpoints, authentication flow, rate limits

3 weeks later:

  • API v2 launches: 5 new endpoints, 3 deprecated, auth flow changed
  • Updated docs published to Confluence/Notion
  • ChatGPT Enterprise still references v1 docs

Developer asks: "How do I authenticate with the API?" ChatGPT answers: Uses JWT tokens (v1 method, now deprecated) Reality: Now uses OAuth2 with PKCE

Cost: Developer implements v1 approach, code breaks in production, 2 hours debugging

With Zine: Confluence/Notion connector auto-synced v2 docs 5 minutes after publishing. Developer gets correct answer.

Real Failure Scenario #2: Outdated Pricing Battlecard

Setup:

  • Sales team uploads competitor battlecard to ChatGPT Enterprise
  • AEs use it to prepare for objection handling

1 month later:

  • Competitor launches new feature you don't have
  • ChatGPT Enterprise still has old battlecard

AE asks: "How do we compare to Competitor X on feature Y?" ChatGPT answers: We lead on feature Y (outdated) Reality: Competitor now has feature Y (better than yours)

AE goes into call: Confidently claims superiority Prospect: "But I just saw they launched Y last month..." Result: Lost credibility, $50k deal at risk

With Zine: Slack #sales connector captured the competitor update announcement. Sales manager's shared view includes latest battlecard updates from Google Drive. AE gets accurate intel.

Real Failure Scenario #3: Missing Incident Context

Setup:

  • DevOps team uploads runbooks to ChatGPT Enterprise
  • On-call engineers reference it during incidents

2 hours ago:

  • Payment API outage, team discusses in Slack #incidents
  • Root cause identified: Redis cache eviction issue
  • Quick fix applied, documented in Slack thread
  • ChatGPT Enterprise doesn't know (Slack not connected)

On-call engineer asks: "How do I troubleshoot payment API timeouts?" ChatGPT answers: Based on outdated runbook, suggests checking database connections Reality: It's the Redis cache (team just solved this 2 hours ago)

Cost: 30 minutes wasted re-diagnosing the same issue

With Zine: Slack connector has the #incidents discussion. Engineer searches "payment API timeout", gets today's thread with the fix.

✅ Zine's Advantage: Stale context is impossible with live connectors. ChatGPT Enterprise's file uploads guarantee stale context over time.


Data Sources: File Uploads vs. Live Connectors

ChatGPT Enterprise: Files + Limited Cloud Connectors

File Upload Sources:

  • PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, text files
  • Code files (Python, JavaScript, etc.)
  • CSVs, JSON
  • Images (screenshots, diagrams)
  • 40 files per project maximum (Enterprise/Pro)

Cloud Connectors (Enterprise only, as of 2025):

  • Google Drive: Sync files from Drive folders
  • SharePoint: Sync SharePoint documents
  • OneDrive: Sync OneDrive files
  • Aha!: Product management
  • Asana: Project management
  • GitLab Issues: Issue tracking
  • Custom MCP connectors: Build your own (requires development)

What's Missing:

  • ❌ No Slack connector (can't search messages, threads)
  • ❌ No GitHub connector (can't search repos, issues, PRs)
  • ❌ No Gmail/Outlook connector (can't search emails)
  • ❌ No Jira connector (Enterprise has it via custom connectors, but not default)
  • ❌ No Notion connector (not in default set)
  • ❌ No calendar integration (can't ingest meeting recordings)
  • ❌ No CRM connectors (Salesforce, HubSpot, Attio)

The Gap: Most team knowledge lives in Slack, GitHub, and email—not just files in Drive.

Zine: 30+ Automated Connectors

Communication:

  • Slack (channels, DMs, threads, files)
  • Microsoft Teams (conversations, files)
  • Discord (servers, channels)
  • Gmail (email threads, attachments)
  • Outlook (email, calendar)

Development:

  • GitHub (repos, issues, PRs, commits)
  • Jira (issues, projects, boards)
  • Linear (issues, projects, cycles)
  • Trello (boards, cards, checklists)

Cloud Storage:

  • Google Drive (docs, sheets, slides)
  • OneDrive (files, folders)
  • Dropbox (files, sharing)
  • SharePoint (team sites, documents)
  • Box (enterprise content)
  • Amazon S3 (object storage)
  • Azure Blob (cloud storage)

Productivity:

  • Notion (pages, databases, wikis)
  • Google Calendar (events, meetings)
  • Microsoft Calendar (Outlook events)

Customer/CRM:

  • Attio (CRM objects, notes, tasks)
  • Intercom (support tickets, conversations)
  • Zendesk (support tickets, knowledge base)

Content:

  • RSS feeds (blogs, podcasts, news)
  • Reddit (subreddits, posts, comments)
  • Twitter/X (tweets, threads)
  • Websites (web scraping)

And you can manually upload files too (like ChatGPT Enterprise), but most teams don't need to because their content is already connected.

✅ Zine's Advantage: If your team uses Slack, GitHub, and email (i.e., every modern team), Zine connects to them. ChatGPT Enterprise doesn't.


Model Lock-In: GPT-Only vs. Multi-Model Freedom

ChatGPT Enterprise: Locked into OpenAI Models

With ChatGPT Enterprise, you get:

  • GPT-4 (older flagship)
  • GPT-4o (optimized, faster, multimodal)
  • GPT-4o mini (lightweight, cheaper)
  • o1 (reasoning model, slower but deeper)
  • o3 (latest reasoning model, Enterprise Pro only)

All from OpenAI. Period.

What happens when:

  • GPT-4 performance degrades after an update (this has happened)
  • Pricing changes (GPT-4 Turbo was cheaper, then GPT-4o became default)
  • Claude beats GPT on code reasoning (currently true for many developers)
  • Gemini's 2M token context window is better for your use case
  • You want to fine-tune a Llama model for your domain

Answer: You can't switch. You're locked in.

Real Example: In mid-2024, many developers reported GPT-4's code quality regressed. Claude 3.5 Sonnet became preferred for coding. Teams using ChatGPT Enterprise couldn't switch—they had to keep using GPT-4 or adopt Claude separately (losing their uploaded context).

Zine: Model-Agnostic Platform

With Zine, choose your model per conversation:

OpenAI:

  • GPT-4o (fast, multimodal)
  • GPT-4 Turbo (high quality)
  • o1 (reasoning)
  • o3-mini (efficient reasoning)

Anthropic:

  • Claude 3.5 Sonnet (best for code)
  • Claude 4 (improved reasoning)
  • Claude 4.5 Sonnet (latest)

Google:

  • Gemini 1.5 Pro (long context)
  • Gemini 2.0 (improved reasoning)
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash (2M token context window)

Meta:

  • Llama 3.1 (open source, self-hosted or via cloud)

Custom:

  • Bring your own model endpoint
  • Fine-tuned models
  • Domain-specific models

Use Cases for Different Models:

  • GPT-4o: General chat, fast responses, multimodal
  • Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Code generation, technical reasoning
  • o3-mini: Complex analysis, math, logic problems
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash: Analyzing long documents (2M tokens = ~1.4M words)

Example Workflow:

  • Product Manager uses GPT-4o for quick summaries (cheap, fast)
  • Developer uses Claude 3.5 Sonnet for code reviews (best at coding)
  • Data Analyst uses o3-mini for complex data analysis (best reasoning)
  • Legal team uses Gemini 2.5 Flash for contract review (2M context fits entire contract)

All using the same underlying knowledge (Slack + GitHub + Drive + email).

✅ Zine's Advantage: Model flexibility means you're never locked in. Use the best model for each task. ChatGPT Enterprise forces you into GPT-only.


Knowledge Persistence: Session-Based vs. Continuous Memory

ChatGPT Enterprise: Project Memory

ChatGPT's memory model:

  • Per-conversation memory: ChatGPT "remembers" within a single conversation thread
  • Projects: Upload files to a project, all conversations in that project have access to those files
  • Custom instructions: Set project-specific instructions for GPT's behavior

Limitations:

  • Memory is project-scoped (if you create multiple projects, they don't share knowledge)
  • Memory is file-based (only knows what's uploaded to the project)
  • No knowledge graph (can't answer "Who worked on X?" or "How do topics relate?")
  • No entity extraction (doesn't automatically identify people, organizations, events)

Example:

  • Project A: "Engineering API Docs" (20 files)
  • Project B: "Customer Support Knowledge Base" (30 files)
  • Question: "What do engineering docs say about the auth API, and what customer questions have we received about it?"
  • Answer: Can't answer—knowledge is siloed across projects

With Zine, this query works because all knowledge is unified.

Zine: Persistent Knowledge Graph

Zine's memory model:

  • Unified knowledge graph: All your connected tools form one interconnected graph
  • Entity extraction: Automatically identifies people, organizations, topics, projects, events
  • Relationship modeling: "Alice collaborated with Bob on Redis", "API redesign relates to auth discussion"
  • Temporal awareness: "What did we know in March?" vs. "What do we know now?"
  • Team-wide: Everyone on your team sees the same knowledge (with permission controls)

Example:

  • Query: "What did we decide about authentication, who was involved, and what happened next?"
  • Zine returns:
    1. Notion spec (March): "Auth Architecture Decision" (author: Sarah)
    2. Slack #engineering (April): Discussion between Alice, Bob, Sarah (15 messages)
    3. GitHub PR #234 (May): "Implement OAuth2" (author: Bob, reviewer: Alice)
    4. Meeting recording (June): Architecture review (attendees: Sarah, Alice, Bob, CTO)
    5. Customer emails (July): 3 customers asking about SSO

Graph view shows:

  • People: Sarah (spec author), Alice (PR reviewer), Bob (implementer)
  • Topics: "Authentication", "OAuth2", "SSO", "Security"
  • Connections: Sarah's spec → Slack discussion → Bob's PR → Alice's review → Meeting → Customer requests

This is impossible with ChatGPT Enterprise's file-based projects. No entity extraction, no relationship modeling, no graph queries.

✅ Zine's Advantage: Knowledge graphs enable relational queries that file-based systems can't handle.


Search Capabilities: Projects vs. Unified Search

ChatGPT Enterprise: Search Within Projects

Within a ChatGPT Enterprise project, you can:

  • Chat with GPT about uploaded files
  • Ask questions, get answers with citations
  • Reference specific documents
  • Use GPT's summarization, analysis capabilities

But you can't:

  • Search across multiple projects simultaneously
  • Search Slack messages (not connected)
  • Search GitHub code/issues (not connected)
  • Search your email (not connected)
  • Get results from tools that aren't uploaded as files

Query: "What's our Redis caching strategy?"

ChatGPT Enterprise: Searches uploaded docs in current project

  • If you uploaded the architecture doc → finds it
  • If the discussion is in Slack → doesn't find it
  • If the implementation is in GitHub → doesn't find it

Zine: Unified Cross-Tool Search

Query: "What's our Redis caching strategy?"

Zine searches:

  • Notion: Architecture doc "Caching Strategy" (updated 2 days ago)
  • GitHub: PR #567 "Implement Redis cache" (merged last week)
  • Slack #engineering: 3 threads discussing Redis implementation (timestamps: March, June, October)
  • Meeting recordings: Architecture review mentioning Redis (May)
  • Email: Thread with AWS about managed Redis (April)

All in one query. All with citations. All up-to-date.

Advanced Queries:

  • "What did Alice work on related to Redis?"
  • "Show me Slack threads that mention GitHub PR #567"
  • "Find decisions about caching from Q3"
  • "Who collaborated with Bob on performance optimization?"

These relational queries require knowledge graphs—something ChatGPT Enterprise doesn't have.

✅ Zine's Advantage: Unified search across all tools makes finding information effortless. ChatGPT Enterprise search is limited to uploaded project files.


Developer Integration: Limited vs. MCP Protocol

ChatGPT Enterprise: API Access, No MCP

ChatGPT Enterprise provides:

  • API access: Programmatic calls to GPT models
  • Custom MCP connector development: Build your own connectors (requires engineering)
  • Company Knowledge API: Query connected tools programmatically

But for most teams:

  • No out-of-the-box MCP server you can use in Cursor, VS Code
  • Can't easily share ChatGPT's knowledge with other AI tools
  • Building custom connectors requires dev resources

Example: Developer wants Cursor to access company Slack/GitHub knowledge

  • Option 1: Build custom MCP connector (weeks of dev work)
  • Option 2: Manually copy/paste context from ChatGPT into Cursor (manual, tedious)

Zine: MCP Server + Client (Production-Ready)

Zine as MCP Server: Share your knowledge with any MCP tool

Setup (Cursor example):

// ~/.cursor/mcp_servers.json
{
  "zine": {
    "type": "sse",
    "url": "https://www.zine.ai/mcp",
    "apiKey": "your-zine-api-key"
  }
}

Now in Cursor:

  • "Search Zine for our auth implementation"
  • Cursor queries Zine → gets Notion spec + GitHub code + Slack discussion
  • "How did we solve the Redis timeout issue?"
  • Cursor queries Zine → gets Slack #incidents thread + GitHub fix PR

Your coding agent has live access to your team's knowledge.

Zine as MCP Client: Connect other tools

  • Sentry MCP: Query error traces from Zine chat
  • GitHub MCP: Search repos without leaving Zine
  • Filesystem MCP: Access local files

Example Workflow:

  1. Error spike detected
  2. Ask Zine: "Checkout API errors in the last 24 hours"
  3. Zine queries Sentry MCP (error traces) + searches Slack #incidents + GitHub recent changes
  4. Returns: Sentry errors + Slack discussion + GitHub PR that introduced the bug

ChatGPT Enterprise can't do this without significant custom development.

✅ Zine's Advantage: MCP integration is production-ready, no custom development required. ChatGPT Enterprise requires building your own connectors.


Team Collaboration Features

ChatGPT Enterprise

Team Features:

  • Shared Projects (team members can access)
  • Admin dashboard (user management, usage analytics)
  • SSO (single sign-on)
  • Data controls (compliance, privacy)
  • Centralized billing

Collaboration Workflow:

  1. Admin creates shared project
  2. Uploads files to project
  3. Team members chat with GPT about those files
  4. Each conversation is individual (no shared chat threads)

Limitations:

  • No shared knowledge graph (each user's queries are independent)
  • No way to create "views" or filtered searches for different teams
  • No collaborative knowledge curation beyond uploading files

Zine

Team Features:

  • Shared workspaces: Everyone sees the same connected tools
  • Saved views: Create filtered views ("Customer Feedback", "Engineering Discussions") and share
  • Collaborative chat: Team members can see each other's questions/answers (optional)
  • Permission controls: Sales sees CRM+email, Eng sees GitHub+Slack
  • Knowledge graphs: Visual representation of who knows what
  • Team onboarding: New hires get instant access to all team knowledge

Collaboration Workflow:

  1. Connect tools once (Slack, GitHub, Drive, etc.)
  2. Everyone on team gets access automatically
  3. Create saved views:
    • "Customer Issues": Filter to support emails + Slack #support + Jira tickets
    • "Code Reviews": Filter to GitHub PRs + Slack #eng-reviews
    • "Product Decisions": Filter to Notion specs + Linear issues + meeting recordings
  4. Share views with relevant teams

New Employee Onboarding:

  • Day 1: New engineer added to Zine workspace
  • Asks: "How does our auth system work?"
  • Gets: 2 years of Slack discussions + GitHub history + Notion specs + meeting recordings
  • No one had to manually compile this—it's already unified

✅ Zine's Advantage: Team collaboration is built-in from day one. ChatGPT Enterprise requires manual curation and has no knowledge graph for discovery.


Use Cases: When to Choose Each

Choose ChatGPT Enterprise If:

You're already using GPT-4 heavily and want team access

  • Your team loves ChatGPT Plus and wants enterprise features
  • GPT-4 meets all your needs (no need for Claude, Gemini)

Your knowledge is primarily in Google Drive/SharePoint/OneDrive

  • Most of your docs live in cloud storage
  • Slack, GitHub, email aren't critical knowledge sources for you

You have dev resources to build custom connectors

  • You can build MCP connectors for tools you need
  • You're comfortable maintaining custom integrations

You need OpenAI's latest models (o1, o3)

  • You specifically want reasoning models for complex analysis
  • You're willing to pay $200/month for Pro access

Compliance requires OpenAI's data controls

  • Your industry has specific requirements met by OpenAI's infrastructure
  • You need OpenAI's SOC2/GDPR/HIPAA compliance

ChatGPT Enterprise is ideal for teams deeply invested in OpenAI's ecosystem who can supplement with custom development.

Choose Zine If:

Your knowledge lives in Slack, GitHub, and email

  • These are your team's primary communication/work tools
  • You can't manually export and upload these daily

You need live, auto-syncing knowledge

  • Your docs change constantly (daily/hourly)
  • Manual re-uploads are not sustainable
  • Stale context is unacceptable

You want model flexibility

  • Use GPT for some tasks, Claude for others, Gemini for long docs
  • You don't want vendor lock-in
  • You want to experiment with new models as they launch

Developers using AI coding agents

  • You use Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Claude Code
  • You want MCP integration out of the box
  • Your coding agent needs access to team Slack/GitHub/docs

Sales, CS, or product teams

  • Sales: CRM + email + Slack + meeting transcripts in one place
  • CS: Support tickets + Slack + knowledge base + customer emails
  • Product: Notion specs + Linear + Slack + meeting recordings

You need knowledge graphs

  • "Who worked on X?" and "How do topics connect?" queries matter
  • Visual relationship discovery
  • Entity extraction and linking

Multi-source search is critical

  • "Find the Slack thread that mentions GitHub PR #567"
  • "What did Alice say about Redis across all tools?"
  • Cross-tool queries are common

Zine is ideal for teams who need live, unified knowledge across Slack/GitHub/email with model flexibility and developer tools.


Pricing and Plans

ChatGPT Enterprise Pricing

ChatGPT Plus ($20/month per user):

  • Unlimited GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-3.5
  • 25 files per project
  • Standard features

ChatGPT Pro ($200/month per user):

  • Everything in Plus
  • Unlimited o1 and o3 access
  • 40 files per project
  • Priority access to new features

ChatGPT Enterprise (starts at $60/user/month annual, custom pricing):

  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited users (volume discounts)
  • Cloud connectors (Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive)
  • Company Knowledge feature
  • Admin dashboard and controls
  • SSO, SCIM provisioning
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom MCP connector development

Zine Pricing

Free Tier:

  • 100 credits (try all features)
  • Basic connectors
  • Limited usage

Personal ($49/month):

  • Unlimited search and chat
  • 16 data sources (Slack, GitHub, Gmail, Drive, Notion, etc.)
  • MCP server access
  • File uploads
  • Dev Mode, Inbox Mode

Professional ($149/month):

  • Everything in Personal
  • 30+ data sources (adds Jira, Linear, CRM, cloud storage)
  • Team collaboration features
  • Higher usage limits
  • Priority support

Max ($499/month):

  • Everything in Professional
  • Highest usage limits
  • White-glove support
  • Custom integrations

Enterprise: Custom pricing for large teams


Final Verdict: Upload or Orchestrate?

ChatGPT Enterprise is powerful AI — GPT-4 is genuinely impressive, and for teams that can work within its constraints (file uploads, GPT-only, limited connectors), it's a solid choice.

But for most teams, those constraints are dealbreakers.

Where ChatGPT Enterprise excels:

  • ✅ State-of-the-art GPT models (4o, o1, o3)
  • ✅ Enterprise-grade security and compliance
  • ✅ Admin controls and usage analytics
  • ✅ Cloud storage connectors (Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive)
  • ✅ OpenAI's brand and ecosystem

Where ChatGPT Enterprise falls short:

  • ❌ Manual file uploads (40 file limit per project)
  • ❌ No Slack connector (can't search team messages)
  • ❌ No GitHub connector (can't search code, issues, PRs)
  • ❌ No email connector (can't search Gmail, Outlook)
  • ❌ GPT-only (locked into OpenAI models)
  • ❌ Stale context problem (files don't auto-update)
  • ❌ No knowledge graphs (can't model relationships)

Where Zine excels:

  • ✅ 30+ automated connectors (Slack, GitHub, Gmail, and more)
  • ✅ Live auto-sync (no manual re-uploads)
  • ✅ Knowledge graphs with entity extraction
  • ✅ Multi-model support (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama)
  • ✅ MCP integration (server + client)
  • ✅ Unified search across all tools
  • ✅ Developer-friendly (use in Cursor, VS Code)

If your team works primarily in Google Drive/Docs and loves GPT: ChatGPT Enterprise is a reasonable choice.

If your team works in Slack, GitHub, email, and needs live, unified knowledge: Zine is the platform for you.

ChatGPT Enterprise makes you upload files. Zine connects to where your knowledge already lives.


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