Bordet vs Roundtable

Roundtable convenes several models to debate a prompt and summarises the result. Bordet keeps the table standing, with a memory, a record, and people in the room.

Roundtable is a well-made multi-model discussion tool. You pick a preset, debate, brainstorm or consensus, several models answer and cross-critique in rounds, and a council summary pulls it together. Projects hold files and instructions, and an MCP server lets Claude Code or Cursor convene a council mid-task. The Pro plan is $59 a month.

It is built around the discussion, not the project. A roundtable is something you convene, run, and read; when you come back with the next question, the models start from the prompt and the project files, not from what the last roundtable concluded. There is no board of the project's state, no decisions log, and no way for a colleague or your own AI subscription to sit in the room with you.

Bordet is the standing version of that idea. Members with roles sit in one thread and read each other's replies across sessions, so the argument continues over weeks. The room keeps one memory every model and every person reads: objective, status, open questions, confirmed decisions, sources cited by name, deliverables with versions. People join by invite link. And the MCP connection runs both ways: your Claude Code can ask the room, and your claude.ai, ChatGPT or Claude Code can take a seat, be addressed by name, and post back.

CapabilityBordetRoundtable
Models from several labsGPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.6, DeepSeek V4 Pro and more, one per memberGPT, Claude, Gemini and more, per discussion
Models read and critique each otherYes, one shared thread with roles, across sessionsYes, within a discussion's rounds
A written summary of the discussionNot yet: the exchange is on the page and you record the outcome on the boardYes, council summary
Continuity between discussionsOne project memory read by every model next timeProjects hold files and instructions; each discussion starts from the prompt
Other people in the same roomYes, live, with invite links and guestsNo
MCPBoth ways: your tool asks the room, and your tool takes a seat the room can addressYour tool convenes a council
A record of decisionsDecisions log with confirm, plus a board of objective, status and open questionsNo
SourcesLinks, PDF and Word files, notes, cited by name; live web search per memberFile uploads per project
PricingFree $2 to start, credits from $5, or bring your own keys; per-room spend caps$59 a month

Comparison reflects our understanding as of September 2026; check Roundtable's site for their current features.

Pick Roundtable if

  • · You want a debate-style answer to a prompt with a written summary, and you work alone.
  • · You mostly want a council on tap inside Claude Code or Cursor.
  • · Discussion presets matter more to you than a project that persists.

Pick Bordet if

  • ✓ You are running a project over weeks and want the table to remember what it concluded.
  • ✓ You want people, and your own AI subscriptions, at the same table as the models.
  • ✓ You want decisions, sources and deliverables on the record, not in a summary you file away.
  • ✓ You want to pay only when a member speaks, or nothing above the labs' own prices with your keys.

Questions

Roundtable has debate and consensus presets. Does Bordet?+

Bordet works through roles and addressing rather than presets. Give one member the Critic role and it will attack the others' claims; turn on Auto discussion and members hand the turn to each other by name until the point is settled; type "everyone" to put the same question to the whole table. Templates set up common tables in one click.

Both have MCP. What is the difference?+

Roundtable's MCP lets your coding tool convene a council and get an answer back. Bordet's runs in both directions: Claude Code can ask the room or search its memory, and your claude.ai, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Cursor can take a seat, wait to be mentioned, and post what it did. Your subscription does the thinking; the table remembers. Seats have scopes, spend caps and one-click revoke.

Why no summary in Bordet?+

Today the argument is the product, and you record the outcome on the board and in the decisions log, which every member reads next time. A written round-up is on our list and will sit on top of the argument when it ships.

See the difference in your own project

Open a boardroom, give each model a role, and watch the team remember what you decided.