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DoctorVault vs ChatGPT and Claude Projects

Same models can answer health questions. The difference is custody, structured records, and a specialist panel that can see your file.

Published August 24, 2026. Personal health tool — not medical advice.

Same kind of model. Different job.

ChatGPT and Claude will answer health questions today, often well. DoctorVault uses those same classes of model via your own key. We are not claiming a secret medical LLM.

The difference is what wraps the model: an encrypted vault you own, structured records, and a multi-specialist panel that can retrieve your history instead of whatever you pasted this afternoon.

Side by side

ChatGPT / Claude chatDoctorVault
Where records liveProvider account, projects, or nothingEncrypted in Drive or S3 you own
Can the app operator read them?The AI vendor canWe cannot; your AI vendor still sees consult context
Structured labs / meds / filesAd hoc uploadsFirst-class records, search, Health Brief
How answers are formedOne model, one threadSpecialists debate; a GP synthesizes
Cost shapePlus / Pro / APIApp is free; you pay your API usage. Pro is $8/mo for deeper retrieval

When to stay in ChatGPT

If you want the fastest answer and you are asking a generic question (“what is HDL?”), a chatbot is fine. If you will not complete a passphrase and recovery kit, DoctorVault will feel like a ceremony, because it is one — on purpose.

If you want the file to outlive a chat thread, and you do not want us in custody of it, start with the labs essay and the demo vault.

Try it in the demo vault

No account. Nothing is saved when you close the tab. Add a couple of sample records, ask the panel one question, then read how to verify that our servers never see the contents.