How much does Google NotebookLM cost?
- Free plan
- Not stated
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Not stated
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Not stated
- Support
- Report a problem or send feedback via the help page "Report a problem or send general feedback - Gemini Notebook Help"
What Google NotebookLM does
Gemini Notebook is a source-grounded note and research tool built on a Gemini model, available on web and mobile. Users add their own materials and get summaries, Q&A, study aids and podcast-style Audio Overviews based on them.
- Good for
- Students, researchers and professionals who want to analyze their own documents and notes, prepare for meetings or exams, and draft content from their own sources.
- Channels
- Web, Mobile
- Main product
- Gemini Notebook
- Also includes
- Source-grounded Q&A and summaries, Flashcards, Quizzes, Mind Maps, Audio Overviews, Dynamic reporting features
- Public API
- Not stated
- MCP server
- Not stated
- Inline source citationsNot stated
- Multi-step deep research reportsNot stated
- Academic paper database searchNot stated
- Upload and query own documents
upload your meeting notes, reports and more to have Notebook analyze them
- Connects to internal appsNot stated
- Shared team workspaceNot stated
- SSO and enterprise securityNot stated
- No training on customer data
We value your privacy and never use your organization's data to train Gemini Notebook
- Export reports and tablesNot stated
- API accessNot stated
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | no | "We value your privacy and never use your organization's data to train Gemini Notebook"home |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | Not stated | |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Not stated | |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Not stated | |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
No prices are published on Google NotebookLM's pricing page.
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Not stated
- Contract
- Not stated
- Refunds
- Not stated
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Price change notice
- Not stated
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
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Questions
Is Google NotebookLM free?
No free plan is stated on Google NotebookLM's pricing page.
Does Google NotebookLM train AI on your data?
No, according to Google NotebookLM: "We value your privacy and never use your organization's data to train Gemini Notebook"