BrandPatrol vs Guidelines

BrandPatrol is a web application for keeping brand usage consistent across content and published channels. It builds a Brand Twin from a website URL or brand documents, with additional files, URLs, or manually entered information available for refinement. Checker reviews material before publication, flags drift, and reports a Brand Consistency Score. Watcher scans published channels and suggests corrections. The service exports a portable brand.md file for tools including Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and Figma. The Team plan adds a shared score, roles, permissions, issue ticketing, and a collaborative workspace. The free plan includes one Brand Twin, one score snapshot, five Checker single checks monthly, and a one-person workspace. Watcher and Checker each cost €29.00 per month; Team costs €49.00 per month per member. Enterprise features include unlimited Brand Twins and channels, audit trails, white-label options, integrations, reports, SLA, onboarding, and training, but no price is listed. Data is stored in the EU where possible, with some US processing possible.

Guidelines is a web platform for creating and publishing interactive brand guides that teams can manage together. Guides can collect logos, colors, typography, icons, and downloadable files in a searchable place. Quick Start uses uploaded logos, selected colors, and fonts to prepare an initial guide draft, while collaborators can be invited to design and manage guidelines. Guides can be shared publicly, password-protected, or restricted through account-based authentication. Integrations include Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, Tailwind, CSS Variables, ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and Okta. The ChatGPT connector uses MCP and OAuth; the support page says it reads brand data without write access. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one public guide, one editor, seven published pages, and 100MB of storage. Studio costs $15 a month, billed per editor per month; Enterprise costs $40 a month, also billed per editor per month, and additional SSO fees may apply per monthly active SSO user. Both paid plans offer broader guide management, with Enterprise adding features including SSO, version history, and localization.