A Google AI notebook that makes summaries, questions and audio overviews based only on the material you upload (renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026)
Price checked 2026-10-17, source: gemini.google/subscriptions. Prices and benefits may change. Check the official site before you pay.
Pros
- Based on your own material, so fewer off-topic answers
- Podcast-style audio summaries
- Free
Cons
- By default it does not answer with information from outside your material
- Heavy features such as Video Overviews use up your allowance quickly
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At a glance
NotebookLM is Google's AI research notebook that makes summaries, Q&A, audio/video overviews, slides and quizzes based only on the material you upload, such as PDFs, documents, web pages and YouTube videos. On July 16, 2026 it was renamed Gemini Notebook (notebook.google.com, the old address redirects automatically), and you can also create and sync notebooks inside the Gemini app. It is especially useful for students, researchers and office workers who handle a lot of material.
Full model list
In Gemini Notebook you do not choose the model yourself. Google models are used automatically for each feature. The model names per feature are not officially disclosed.
| Model/feature | Type | Features | Plans that can use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3 family (chat/summary) | Text/reasoning |
| Free and above, all |
| Audio Overviews | Voice generation |
| Free and above, all (Pro gets 5x Free) |
| Video generation |
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| Slides/reports/infographics/mind maps/quizzes/flashcards | Document/study material generation | Instantly converts material into presentations/reports/study cards and so on | Free and above, all (uses usage) |
| Code execution + secure cloud computer | Coding/data analysis |
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| Deep Research (find sources) | Research agent |
| Free and above, all (limits differ) |
Plans
From September 2, 2026, instead of fixed limits such as the number of chats per day, usage became "compute-based" and recovers every 5 hours. Usage is deducted depending on question difficulty, conversation length, number of sources and the features you use.
| Plan | Price | What you can do | Usage limits | Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free (Standard) | $0 |
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| Fairly sufficient for individuals studying/organizing material |
| Google AI Plus |
| More audio overviews/notebooks |
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| Google AI Pro | $19.99/mo (won price needs checking) |
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| Code execution being introduced gradually |
| Google AI Ultra (5x) |
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| The help page labels it "Ultra 20TB plan" |
| Google AI Ultra (20x) |
| No separate feature information |
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| Google Cloud for business gets 5x or more outputs such as audio/video overviews/reports | For organizations that want to use it safely with company accounts |
One source can be up to 500,000 words or 200MB (per third-party sources).
Which plan to choose
- Free: Enough for students/office workers who use it occasionally, such as for exam study, summarizing a few papers, or organizing meeting material.
- Google AI Plus: Recommended for students who want to make many notebooks by subject and put in up to 100 sources. It is the lightest on cost.
- Google AI Pro: Suits office workers, graduate students and researchers who do report/material research every day. With 300 sources and generous audio/video overviews, you can handle even large projects in one notebook.
- Google AI Ultra: For analysts who want to run code inside a notebook for data analysis, and professional researchers handling hundreds of sources.
- Workspace / business: Recommended for companies that want to handle internal documents with their team without security worries.
Notes
- Information checked: 2026-10-12
- Sources: NotebookLM changes to Gemini Notebook (Google official blog), Workspace update notice, New usage limits guide (Google official blog), Help page on notebook/source limits by plan, Google AI plans (official), Korea plans page, Plan comparison (third party, elephas)
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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,329.49 (2026-10-19). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.
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