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Anthropic offers US-only inference on usage-based Enterprise plans (not Team or legacy seat-based Enterprise) and no selectable data-at-rest region for Claude.ai organizations.","source_url":"https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797531-what-is-the-enterprise-plan","sources":{"openai":"https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9903489-data-residency-and-inference-residency-for-chatgpt","anthropic":"https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15422948-enable-us-only-inference-for-your-organization"},"last_verified":"2026-09-02","last_changed":"2026-09-02"},{"id":"configurable-retention","cat":"Audit, retention, and data controls","claim":"Configurable retention / Zero Data Retention","values":{"oaBiz":{"s":"no","t":"No"},"oaEnt":{"s":"partial","t":"Retention policies"},"clTeam":{"s":"no","t":"No"},"clEnt":{"s":"partial","t":"Custom retention, 30-day minimum; no ZDR"}},"detail":"Claude Enterprise supports custom retention with a 30-day minimum; by default data is retained indefinitely until a period is set, and zero data retention is not offered for the Claude app (ZDR exists on the API platform and cloud-provider routes). 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Anthropic’s is narrower but deeper and more governable: open MCP standard, Git-based private marketplaces, design-system-aware tooling. 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Local file access, local connectors, and browser use still need the desktop app open.","source_url":"https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14128542-let-claude-use-your-computer-in-cowork","sources":{"openai":"https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001275-chatgpt-work-and-codex","anthropic":"https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14128542-let-claude-use-your-computer-in-cowork"},"last_verified":"2026-09-02","last_changed":"2026-09-02"},{"d":"Sandboxing","oa":"Agent mode runs in a virtual browser / VM; locked computer-use controls for admins.","cl":"Per-session isolated sandboxes, destroyed at session end; mandatory egress proxy with allow-listed destinations; connector tokens never enter the sandbox.","changeNote":null,"source_url":null,"sources":{"openai":"https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11752874-chatgpt-agent","anthropic":"https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14479288-claude-cowork-architecture-overview"},"last_verified":"2026-09-02","last_changed":"2026-09-02"},{"d":"Platform reach","oa":"Fully browser-based; Linux and Chromebook friendly.","cl":"Desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux (beta: Ubuntu and Debian); computer use is unavailable on Linux and on Team / Enterprise plans; web / mobile Cowork closes most of the gap.","changeNote":"Claude Desktop added a Linux build (beta, Ubuntu and Debian) in August 2026. 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Claude Team has no audit logs or Compliance API at all. OpenAI Enterprise exposes agent activity through the Compliance Platform; Business gets an admin-console view of agent runs."},{"date":"2026-08-22","kind":"changed","anchor":"sec-matrix","section":"Capability matrix: all four plans, side by side","subject":"Public URL sharing of published outputs","detail":"ChatGPT Sites (public beta) can be published to a public URL: on by default in Business workspaces, off by default in Enterprise until an admin enables public publishing and grants the role permission. 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